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Dan Stevens wins all the awards for this glorious takedown of Boris Johnson on The One Show
Actor Dan Stevens, star of Downton Abbey, earned himself a different kind of place in TV history when he appeared on the One Show to promote his new series, Gaslit – which is about the Watergate Scandal.
Watch what he did.
STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WATCH THIS MOMENT FROM THE ONE SHOW pic.twitter.com/UwRFpQ8YpM
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) April 13, 2022
Here it is again with captions.
I gasped
Auto-captioned version: pic.twitter.com/hXq31tCkQq https://t.co/H3m8StcMMT
— Tom Peach 🌈📖 (@ThomasPeachLib) April 13, 2022
“What you’ve got is a criminal for a leader who is wrapped in a messy war, embroiled in a stupid scandal and surrounded by ambitious idiots and really should resign, and erm …
No, I’m sorry that’s the intro to Boris Johnson.”
The reaction from Twitter says all that needs to be said.
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Dan Stevens take a bow … https://t.co/hHjKtAGLGp
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) April 13, 2022
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I’m hearing Dan Stevens has now apologised for his Boris Johnson joke on The One Show. Apparently, Dan had had a very busy day of work and wasn’t aware at the time that he was breaking BBC rules. He also didn’t realise he was on The One Show.
— IAN HYLAND (@HylandIan) April 13, 2022
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https://twitter.com/cononeilluk/status/1514335024023228425?t=03VPI1kGTi3KTjIkw_eY-g&s=19
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Smash x https://t.co/wGWpUZfM1l
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) April 13, 2022
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Doubt Dan will be invited back on BBC – even though he’s saying what the majority of the nation are thinking.
— Jane Rackham 🇪🇺 🇧🇪🇮🇪🇵🇹🇫🇷🇮🇹🇿🇦 (@JaneRackham2) April 13, 2022
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can you nominate Dan Stevens for a Bafta for that The One Show performance
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) April 13, 2022
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Dan Stevens elevated to King status.
I mean, he was on the verge just with the moustache, but…
— Jenny Ryan (@jenlion) April 13, 2022
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who knew i liked Dan Stevens?! https://t.co/6UcrU9x4Fh
— Tabby (@TheTabbyLamb) April 13, 2022
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Oh my God. @thatdanstevens, you beauty! It’s one thing to decide to do this, but to execute it with such nerveless poise on live TV is pure genius. Just fantastic! xx https://t.co/Co1VPvVQWm
— Pete Paphides (@petepaphides) April 13, 2022