VIRGIN MEDIA was forced to issue an embarrassing apology after branding a Wales rugby star a “w****.”
The bizarre mistake occurred on Virgin Media’s TV service page, which mistakenly described Wales and Scarlets hooker Ryan Elias as something much more X-rated.
The international rugby star was appearing as a guest on Welsh chat show Jonathan, which is hosted by Jonathan Davies and is broadcast on a Thursday night on Welsh language channel S4C.
Virgin Media’s listing described, in English, how actress Siaan Reese-Williams and hooker Elias would both be on the upcoming episode.
However, the Welsh translation mistakenly used the word “butain” to describe Elias’ rugby position – which translates to the word “w****.”
They were instead meant to have used to correct rugby term “bachwr.”
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And the error was picked up by many Welsh rugby fans.
One said: “Google translate let you down.”
Another declared: “Hilarious.”
One noted: “Woops!”
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Another added: “Moral of the story: use proper translators!”
The error forced Virgin Media into making a grovelling apology.
A statement to the BBC read: “We are aware of a translation error that appeared on our TV guide.
“This was promptly rectified by our external provider and we apologise for any upset caused.”
