Overview
- Given used the term during a live segment on BBC One's Final Score while discussing Nancy's dismissal from Celtic.
- Presenter Jason Mohammad delivered an on-air apology later in the broadcast for the inappropriate language.
- Posting on X, Given said he had not fully understood the word's meaning, apologized unreservedly, and pledged his appearance fee to the Holocaust Educational Trust.
- Viewers condemned the remark on social media, and coverage noted previous similar incidents involving Joey Barton and Carlton Cole that also prompted apologies.
- Nancy was sacked after 33 days with six defeats in eight games, and Martin O'Neill returned to oversee a 4-0 win over Dundee United the same day.