Virgin Radio host Chris Evans apologises to guest after on-air blunder - 'I'm ...

The 52-year-old Virgin Radio Breakfast Show host recently took a call from a female listener hoping to win one of his on-air competitions. The woman had the option of picking one of two answers to his question about Formula One motor racing. She could choose between Mark Weber or Daniel Ricciardo, and immediately named Ricciardo as the correct answer. However, she quickly changed her mind and picked the former, putting Chris Evans in a sticky situation.

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“No it was definitely Weber, definitely Weber I’m sure about it now,” the caller declared.

“Oh please! Yes Weber - final answer,” to which Chris asked his team: “Do we have to take her first answer?”

Speaking to the female caller, the radio DJ added: “Was that a definite answer, firm first answer?”

“It was a mulling things over answer, the final answer is Weber,” she replied, as the host giggled in the background.

He continued: “Oh sounds like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, this isn’t Who Wants To Be A Millionaire it’s three in a row.

“OK we’re going to go to our executive producer

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