Jamie Laing was left scrambling to apologise after an on-air expletive dropped by a member of the winning Oxford team during Channel 4’s coverage of the Boat Race, as well as a huge mistake during the medal ceremony.
The Made in Chelsea star was presenting the historic event, which Channel 4 had acquired the rights to broadcast from the BBC for the first time. During an interview with Oxford women’s cox, Louis Corrigan, after the race, the conversation took a dramatic turn when Corrigan let slip an expletive while speaking about their race tactics.
“I think we did that really well and we held them at bay. What a f***ing awesome day,” said Corrigan.
Laing quickly responded, “Excuse for the language, we are celebrating it’s okay,” as he attempted to minimise the situation for viewers. 
But that wasn’t the only apology required. Presenter Clare Balding also had to issue an apology after a member of the Cambridge team was heard shouting “Let’s f***ing go” during their own post-race interview after winning the men’s race.
Laing, however, had even more to apologise for when, during the medal ceremony, he mistakenly announced that Cambridge were the losers of the men’s event. He quickly realised his error, stating: “Sorry, my mistake. That’s a typo,” while laughter rang out from the crowd. The camera turned to the confused Cambridge crew as the correction was made, with the losing team in fact being Oxford.
Despite their early struggles, Cambridge dominated the men’s race, finishing 11 seconds ahead of Oxford, while the Oxford women’s team claimed their first victory since 2016.
The Cambridge men’s team completed the four-mile, 374-yard course in 17:56.84, continuing their dominance in recent years with seven wins in eight years. The victory puts them ahead 90-81 overall in the historic event.
After the race, Noam Mouelle of Cambridge, who was celebrating his fourth Boat Race win, said: “It was a super hard race, everyone was blowing halfway through, but we had done the job early so no problem. We just had to make no mistakes. Great race.”
Oxford’s victorious cox Houdaigui also expressed her admiration for their rivals, stating: “All credit to Oxford and their eight rowers. We knew we had the right athletes in the boat. I love these guys. Hats off to Oxford.”
