Boy who asked Five Star ‘Why are you so f***ing c**p?’ apologises

Boy who asked 1980s pop band Five Star live on air ‘Why are you so f***ing c**p?’ apologises for stunt 30 years on

  • Eliot Fletcher caused quite the stir on BBC’s Saturday morning show Going Live
  • He was given the chance to ask a question of pop band Five Star live on the air
  • But he used opportunity to ask the shocked band: ‘why are you so f***ing c**p?’
  • Lead singer Doris Pearson and Fletcher have now made up after he apologised 

A young boy who infamously asked the 1980s pop band Five Star ‘why are you so f***ing c**p?’ live on air has finally apologised for the stunt more than 30 years later.

Eliot Fletcher caused quite the stir on BBC One’s Saturday morning show Going Live during an phone-in interview with the British group in 1989.

Having sneaked past the switchboard operators, he was given the chance to ask a question of the band, which was made up of five siblings from Romford. 

Fletcher achieved notoriety after pausing before asking ‘why are you so f***ing c**p?’ causing shock among the group and BBC presenters alike.

Eliot Fletcher caused quite the stir on BBC One’s Saturday morning show Going Live during an phone-in interview with the British group in 1989

Three decades on, lead singer Doris Pearson has finally received an apology from Fletcher after a clip of the incident was shared on Twitter

Three decades on, lead singer Doris Pearson has finally received an apology from Fletcher after a clip of the incident was shared on Twitter.

Responding to the post, Pearson wrote: ‘I was taken aback by it, we were really young and worked so hard for years.

‘Of course nobody wants to hear someone say their work is awful. Now I look at it completely differently and find the whole thing hilarious!’

When a follower pointed out Fletcher’s Twitter account, Pearson messaged him saying: ‘I wanna meet Eliot!! Twitter, do your thing!’

She then added ‘It was nearly 30 years ago – I just find it funny now!’ – prompting Fletcher to respond: ‘Hi Doris. Thank you and sorry x’

Pearson then invited Fletcher on a ‘f***ing c**p night out’, but he declined, writing: ‘Doris would probably throw her drink over me and rightfully so.’

Speaking to the BBC about the Twitter exchange, Pearson said: ‘To be reunited with Eliot and receive an apology from him was completely unexpected.

‘At least it’s defused any animosity between him and the fabulous Five Star fans, as a lot of them were still upset about it.

‘The last thing I’d want is for anyone to get into a fight over it.’ 

Speaking to the BBC about the Twitter exchange, Pearson said she was ‘totally shocked’ to hear from Fletcher three decades on

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