Gaffe : Broadcaster John Inverdale , pictured , excused his foul language as a 'slip of the tongue ' BBC presenter John Inverdale was forced to apologise after swearing during radio coverage of the Cheltenham Festival . Speaking on BBC 5 Live , the veteran broadcaster accidentally said 'rose-c***ed ' glasses when reflecting on the career of former jockey John Francome . He quickly corrected himself and apologised before explaining it had been a 'slip of the tongue ' . Inverdale made the embarrassing gaffe while interviewing Francome and rising racing star Lizzie Kelly earlier today . Francome , who became a racing pundit after retiring from the sport , said : 'You get wet , you 're mucking out , and it 's hard work . 'But through all of that it 's a way of life that most of them would n't swap , a lot of people go off and do other things and then come back to it . ' To which Inverdale replied : 'This is looking at it through rose-c***ed , rose-tinted glasses from the past ... I apologise there for a slip of the tongue , but Lizzie your love of the sport just shines through . ' Kelly , who has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the last 12 months , struggled not to laugh as she said : Oh yeah , because , as I 've said it 's very important to love it or you would n't do it otherwise . ' It is not the first time that Inverdale 's language has landed him in trouble . He made headlines last year when he said 't**t ' during an interview with former tennis World No . 1 tennis star Jim Courier during French Open coverage . Speaking to Courier about Twitter , Inverdale said : 'Did you know the past participle of tweeting was t**t ? ' He quickly corrected himself , saying : 'Was twit ' . On-air : Inverdale was speaking to former jockey John Francome ( left ) and racing star Lizzie Kelly ( right ) Coverage : The veteran broadcaster was covering the Cheltenham Festival , pictured today , for BBC 5 Live . And in 2013 the broadcaster faced public criticism when he said that Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli was 'never going to be a looker ' during coverage of the tournament . Inverdale sparked a furore when he made the comment about the appearance of the French player , who had just won the ladies ' final . Speaking the following year , Inverdale said that he knew that he had committed a gaffe but that his BBC training meant that he did not say sorry . A BBC spokeswoman said : 'It was a slip of the tongue and John apologised immediately afterwards . ' Headlines : Inverdale sparked a furore in 2013 when he said that Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli was 'never going to be a looker ' , shortly after the French player won the ladies ' final ( pictured above )
John Inverdale was interviewing former jockey John Francome live on-air . Veteran broadcaster referred to 'rose-c***ed ' instead of rose-tinted glasses . He quickly corrected himself and explained gaffe as a 'slip of the tongue ' Sparked furore in 2013 when he said BBC champion Marion Bartoli was 'never going to be a looker ' during coverage of the tournament .