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TV presenter apologises to Shaun Ryder over ‘Mancunian’ comment

Clearly, Shaun Ryder doesn’t identify as a Mancunian…

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BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker was left a little red faced after a location slip up forced him to apologise to Happy Mondays icon Shaun Ryder.

Ryder appeared on the show this week with Dan and co-host Louise Minchin, where he discussed his new music as well as his current health condition following his recent ADHD diagnosis. 

However, while the headlines continue to be dominated by the ongoing racism issue following the Euro 2020 final, the singer was asked about his thoughts on the matter.

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Dan said: “So I’ve got to ask you, as a very proud Mancunian”… however, Ryder quickly interrupted and said: “Salfordian actually, me!”

Quickly realising his mistake, Dan hastily replied: “Well okay. Apologies, Salfordian. Thank you for correcting me. I’m sure there are many people shouting at me as well.”

Ryder then went to give his opinion on the racist abuse faced by the England footballers following their defeat, noting that it was ‘sick’ and ‘not in a good way.’

He said: “You can’t swear on this programme, but it’s sick and I don’t mean in a good way. Nasty.”

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Salfordian Shaun Ryder rose to fame as the eccentric frontman of the Happy Mondays, which is today one of the most famous bands to rise from the 1980s.

In recent years, however, Ryder has opened up about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), something he was diagnosed with last year.

Having this diagnosis has led him to reflect on his unruly past, with him telling The Guardian: “Now I understand why my bedroom as a ten-year-old became the metaphor for my life: a f*****g mess. So this ADHD thing explains a lot: the impulsive behaviour, the drugs from a young age, not learning the alphabet until I was twenty-eight.

“Education is about remembering stuff and I could never remember anything, so I didn’t get an education.”

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