Actress drops C-bomb on live radio

American actress Kherington Pain dropped the C-bomb on New Zealand radio after she was led to believe it was an acceptable word.

Born to Dance star Kherington Payne dropped the C-bomb live on air after she was set up by her co-stars, including Stan Walker.

Payne was a guest on Flava's Full Phat Breakfast show, when she said the word, thinking it was accepted language in New Zealand.

"What's some of the lingo, give the Kiwi accent a go," asks one of the hosts, trying to get Payne to try out a New Zealand accent.

"Well I don't want to say this because in America it's a really bad word but you guys say it all the time and you don't think it's a bad word," she said.

"What's that?" asked the host, before she replied clearly: "C***."

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As soon as the word was out of her mouth the hosts exploded into fits of shocked laughter.

"You can't say that, you can't say that ... What did you just do? It's a terrible word."

"They told me it wasn't," she exclaimed in genuine surprise, before apologising once the hosts explained it was a banned word on New Zealand radio.

"It's not my fault. They said it wasn't a bad word," she explained, pointing at co-star Stan Walker.

Walker denied any involvement, laying blame with the rest of the cast and crew.

"It wasn't me, it was the other people," said Walker.

- nzherald.co.nz