Here’s a bit of a shocker: BBC bosses are backing news anchor Martine Croxall after she refused to say ‘pregnant people’ during a live broadcast, and instead corrected the term to ‘women’.

Croxall, 56, sparked a fair bit of debate online after she went off-script while discussing heatwave-related health risks. Here’s the footage in case you missed it:

BBC presenter reads “pregnant people” from the teleprompter and then corrects it to “women”.

Takes a brave, brave lady to do this at the BBC. 😅 pic.twitter.com/TXsmO6RHbW

— Hazel Appleyard (@HazelAppleyard_) June 22, 2025

JK Rowling and former Wimbledon star Martina Navratilova both bigged up Croxall online, and Croxall herself put out a Tweet thanking everyone for the support and noting she had a fresh surge in new followers:

A huge thank you to everyone who has chosen to follow me today for whatever reason. It’s been quite a ride… pic.twitter.com/k3oUIajOyA

— Martine Croxall (@MartineBBC) June 22, 2025

Some thought that ‘it’s been quite the ride’ was alluding to the possibility that her bosses at the BBC would take issue with her choice of words, but according to The Times, they are ‘intensely relaxed’ about the situation.

The paper reported that the presenter, who has worked for BBC since 1991, was approached about the matter ‘in a supportive way’.

One of Croxall’s colleagues said: “It’s a real cultural moment,” while adding that there is plenty of support for her within the BBC for her using ‘honest language’ during the live news segment.

BBC chairman Samir Shah is also is understood to be in support of Croxall.

So then, why was the gender-neutral term ‘pregnant people’ up on the teleprompter in the first place? Perhaps the BBC needed a moment like this from a news anchor who isn’t cacking her pants at the idea of being cancelled’ to let them know that it’s OK to refer to pregnant people as women in 2025.

Either way, it seems the BBC has now conceded which way the wind is blowing on the matter. No doubt the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of the word ‘woman’ back in April also helped. Onwards and upwards?

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