White House mistakes Theresa May's name for porn star's in spelling blunder

Not the Prime Minister: Porn star Teresa May
Mark Chandler27 January 2017

The White House made an embarrassing gaffe when it got the Prime Minister's name wrong, spelling it the same way as that of a porn actress.

A daily guidance and press schedule from the office of the press secretary said: "In the afternoon, the president will partake in a bilateral meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister, Teresa May"[sic].

It missed out the "h" in the Premier's name, despite spelling it correctly elsewhere.

Teresa May is in fact a soft porn actress and glamour model who starred in a video for Smack My Bitch Up by The Prodigy.

It continued: "The president participates in a working luncheon with Teresa May, Prime Minister of United Kingdom."

The error was repeated in a later guidance note from the Office of the Vice President, though it elsewhere also spelled her name correctly, before finally being rectified fully in another notice from the same office.

Teresa May the actress also trended on Twitter during the race to be prime minister last summer.

Additional reporting by the Press Association.

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