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4 December 2015

ITV News confused Lenny Henry with Ainsley Harriott

Ready, steady, cringe.

By Media Mole

Everyone loves Lenny Henry, don’t they? Kids, grown-ups, Her Royal Highness: the comedian is so well-loved that he has been awarded a Knighthood at Windsor Castle today. Well, the journos at ITV this afternoon expressed their adoration for Henry with a loving news segment that confused him with popular TV chef Ainsley Harriott. The report showed Henry speaking to an ITV presenter about what a “mind-blowing” honour recieving the Knighthood was, before switching to an unrelated clip of Harriott wildly waving maracas at the Comedy Store.

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