BBC Bargain Hunt star Roo Irvine left several viewers scratching their heads during Thursday’s episode for her words of consolation to two of the show’s guests.
During the instalment, Irvine and antiques experts Caroline Hawley and Thomas Forrester headed to Northern Ireland to see if they could unearth some hidden and lucrative gems for their respective teams.
Hawley was on hand to help husband and wife duo Raymond and Linda try and bag some unearthed treasures while Forrester helped married pair David and Ruth on the Blue team.
As usual, the Red and Blue teams scoured the antique fares for items and haggled their way to the best prices possible in the hopes they could fetch a fortune at auction.
The Reds were first to face the gavel and walked away with a small loss of £3 after their items went up for sale – but the Blues fared much worse.
Right away in the Belfast auction house, David and Ruth faced an uphill battle when a ring purchased for £105 only raked in £65.
Their £40 loss was softened somewhat when a brass fire extinguisher managed to pocket a £30 profit.
But their final item, an 18th-century silver snuff box purchased for £160 sent the mood spiraling downwards.
The auctioneer did his best to get the bidding started at £100 before dropping to £50 and eventually having to settle with a £40 opening bid.
“Dig deep!” David and Ruth yelled from the sidelines but the box only sold for £50 – marking a massive loss of £110.
While the loss alone was enough to get fans talking, Irvine’s reaction also caused a stir as she weighed in: “Blues, I am so sorry. You’ve bought some beautiful items. That sold for 50, it lost 110.
“It’s taken your minus 10 down to minus 120. I’m so sorry, you were so close to profit. But it’s not over yet because here comes the cavalry in the form of Thomas Forrester.”
Forrester then showed them a Delft tulip vase he’d bought the remaining £15 of their budget and it managed to sell for a consolation £85.
This left the Blue team with an overall loss of minus £50 and meant the Reds emerged victorious but it was Irvine’s remarks about them being “close to a profit” that piqued the interest of BBC viewers.
Soon after the episode, one person on X, formerly Twitter, shared a gif of a woman spitting out a glass of water in laughter with the quote: “Roo ‘You were so close to profit’ #BargainHunt.”
A second also picked up on Irvine’s remarks as they said: “Did we have fun? Sure did we nearly made a profit? I need to go lie down #bargainhunt,” followed by laughing emojis.
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Elsewhere, a third hit out at Forrester and Hawley as they sarcastically typed: “Well done ‘experts’. You played another blinder #BargainHunt.”
“Ouch..That was pretty bad.. #bargainhunt,” a fourth weighed in before a fifth said: “That nearly a whole year of the tv licence fee lost! #BargainHunt.” (sic)
