Katherine Ryan takes swipe at David Beckham just two weeks after she apologised to Victoria for 'stupid joke' after BBC upheld complaints over slur

Published: 13:50 EDT, 9 October 2026 | Updated: 14:18 EDT, 9 October 2026 Katherine Ryan took a swipe at David Beckham just two weeks after she apologised to his wife Victoria for making 'stupid joke' on Have I Got News For You.It came after the BBC upheld complaints about the comedian linking an obscene term to the Spice Girls star on Have I Got News For You.But the comedian, 43, trod on thin ice as she made a dig at David, 51, while declaring her love for Victoria, 52, during her stand-up show in Chelsea on Thursday night. Katherine said to the audience, according to The Sun: 'I have been cancelled by the BBC for allegedly calling Victoria Beckham the C word.'Or as David Beckham knows it – the K word, because bless him the alphabet is hard.'But I actually did not do that, I actually love Victoria Beckham.' Katherine Ryan took a swipe at David Beckham just two weeks after she apologised to his wife Victoria for making 'stupid joke' on Have I Got News For You The comedian, 43, treaded on thin ice as she make a dig at David, while declaring her love for Victoria during her stand-up show in Chelsea on Thursday night.On an episode of Have I Got News For You in November 2025, Katherine discussed David Beckham allegedly using the word in a 2013 email to his publicist where he expressed outrage at missing out on a knighthood, apparently referring to the honours committee as 'a bunch of c***s'.Panellist Maisie Adams used the term while discussing the story, prompting Katherine to quip: 'I don't know that we are allowed to broadcast the c-word, but you did reference Victoria Beckham earlier and we'll allow that.' The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) ruled that Maisie's use of the word was justified as it referred to Sir David's own alleged use of the term. However, the ECU ruling concluded that there was no editorial justification for Katherine's subsequent joke about his wife.In its ruling, the ECU said: 'There was no such justification for a comment which presented Victoria Beckham as equivalent to a particularly offensive word.'Katherine has since posted a video to her social media in response, blaming the incident on her being the mother of a newborn. She said: 'At that time, though there is no defence, I was suffering from a condition called matrescence. I was in that building with a ten-day-old baby. Should I have left the house? It came after the BBC upheld complaints about the comedian linking an obscene term to the Spice Girls star on Have I Got News For You 'This is gonna be a tough one for the feminists because I was a woman going to work but I did call another woman a c. Sometimes I forget that celebrities are not my friends. If I had called Jimmy Carr a c, he wouldn't have minded.'But this was described by the BBC as a slur, as though c are part of a protected group.'If you watched it on the day, it was clearly a joke and the whole audience went [gasp] and then I said, 'Woah, I love her.''She also shared a screenshot of a message she sent to Victoria 'to make it clear it was a stupid joke and I didn't mean any harm towards you at all'.