Loose Women face Ofcom investigation after Katie Price’s son Harvey says “Hello you ****” live on air
Viewers were shocked when Harvey said the offensive term on the show last month
LOOSE Women are being investigated by Ofcom after Katie Price's son Harvey, 13, dropped the C-word during a live broadcast last month.
Katie, who is a regular panellist on the show, brought Harvey on to speak about trolls targeting him over his Prader-Willi condition, autism and ADHD on May 17.
However, his appearance left viewers shocked when he said c*** live on air and 10 people submitted a complaint about his language.
The media watchdog said in a statement: "Ofcom is investigating this programme which included the most offensive language before the watershed."
Ofcom said they had asked ITV for background information about "how they had ensured due care of Harvey" with regards to his welfare.
A spokesperson said: "We received sufficient assurances for us to decide not to pursue potential issues in this area further."
During the segment, Katie was chatting to the panel about the difficulty she faces with online trolls.
When his mum asked him what he would say to someone being horrible to him, Harvey responded: “Hello you c***s.”
Katie immediately said in a stern voice: “Er, Harvey!”Host Andrea McLean immediately stepped in and said: “OK, we apologise, we apologise for that, but this is one of the reasons why we wanted to do this live.”
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Earlier this year, Katie named and shamed the trolls who had been mocking her disabled son.
Harvey was born with the rare genetic condition Prader-Willi syndrome and alsosuffers from autism, ADHD and blindness.
Speaking after his appearance on the show, Katie said she had told him not to swear.
During an appearance on Up Late with Rylan, Katie said: “Oh my God. He must have planned it in his head.”
Rylan cheekily asked: “Were you sitting round the kitchen table going, ‘This is what you say, boy?'”
Katie insisted: “No, with Harvey normally if you say to him, ‘If people are horrible, what do you say?’ he wouldn’t understand. He’d probably say, ‘can I have a blueberry muffin?’ or something. I have no idea what was processing in his head.”
Katie revealed she insisted that Harvey appear live on Loose Women, despite producers’ concerns over what he would say.
She said: “They wanted to do a pre record and I said, ‘I don’t want to hide what he is. I promise you he won’t swear’. Before we went on air I said, ‘Harvey no swearing’, and he said ‘yes mummy’.
“I just can’t believe it. But it’s true though.”
Rylan agreed: “It is the perfect response to all your trolls out there.”
Meanwhile Ofcom is currently investigating Channel 5's Big Brother after they received more than 630 complaints over sexually explicit scenes featuring Marco Pierre White Junior and his housemate Laura Carter.
This Morning is also being looked into after they aired a segment about sexy toys and vibrators.
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