While talking about tetanus (fun!) on a morning show called, aptly, “This Morning,” Salma Hayek mentioned she was half Lebanese. Which made the show’s co-host, Eamonn Holmes, positively giddy with thought of Sapphic romps through a sea of bearded clams:

The Oscar-nominated actress, 42, was appearing on the ITV morning show to publicise her campaign to eradicate tetanus.

After introducing the film star, Holmes commented on her surname - which she inherited from her father Sami Hayek, who is Lebanese.

He said: ‘Hayek doesn’t sound very Mexican.’

As Hayek tried to explain that she was half Lebanese, Holmes put his foot in it when he asked: ‘You’re a lesbian?’

Omg, he put his foot where??? Anyway. Sorry, Penelope:

‘You’re half lesbian?’ Eamonn Holmes makes embarrassing TV gaffe as Salma Hayek explains her LEBANESE background [Daily Mail]