LISTEN: John Humphrys rapped on Radio 4 and the internet couldn’t deal with it

There aren’t two many phrases less likely to go together than ‘John Humphrys’ and ‘Rapping’.

The 72-year-old broadcaster is known for his work on Radio 4 and on TV show Mastermind, and he’s probably the last person you expected to rap live on air.

But he’s made a career out of showing he can do what no one expected of him, and that continued in the most unlikely way yet.

Almost crashed the car hearing John Humphrys (badly) trying to rap on #r4today this morning! @BBCRadio4 😂😂😂 https://t.co/GgLZ06jALU

— Stewart (@cunning_chops) February 12, 2016

There’s bizarre, and then there’s this. As you can expect, people were dumbfounded.

*JOHN HUMPHRYS JUST RAPPED ON RADIO4 AND NOW I AM DEAD*

— Alain Tolhurst (@Alain_Tolhurst) February 12, 2016

https://twitter.com/RyanGage/status/698052518807523328

https://twitter.com/vintagescientis/status/698058618705465345

John Humphrys did a rap on #r4today this morning. I was dozing at the time, but refused to go back to sleep in case of unquiet dreams.

— Some Melodious Plot (@LostCertainties) February 12, 2016