The One Show's Alex Jones issues an apology to Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison live on air after mixing up her name

Published: 04:47 EDT, 29 September 2026 | Updated: 05:01 EDT, 29 September 2026 Alex Jones apologised to Oscar winner Mikey Madison live on air during Monday's episode of The One Show after a name blunder.The host of the BBC teatime show welcomed actress Mikey and her co-star Jeremy Allen White to the sofa to discuss their new film The Social Reckoning.During the interview about how Mikey approached playing Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Alex managed to mix up the star's name. 'The other big character of course is Mark Zuckerberg played amazingly by Jeremy Strong, that was quite a transformation Madison, wasn't it?' Alex asked her. As Mikey began her reply, Alex quickly interrupted her and corrected herself: 'Mikey sorry, not Madison.' Mikey replied: 'No that's ok, at least you didn't call me Mickey.' Alex Jones apologised to Oscar winner Mikey Madison live on air during Monday's episode of The One Show after a name blunder During the interview about how Mikey approached playing Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, Alex managed to mix up the star's name'Oh has that happened?' Alex replied. 'Yes, it does happen,' the Oscar winner clarified. 'Still, even, which is interesting but it's ok.'Viewers noticed Alex's mistake, with one writing on X: 'Well done Alex got her name correct after the first failed attempt. Good to see you know your Hollywood Stars name.'Mikey, who won an Oscar last year for her performance in Anora, and Jeremy were promoting their new movie, a companion piece to the hit film The Social Network which was released 16 years ago.The new movie is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal's shocking exposé The Facebook Files.Inspired by the true story, Mikey plays Facebook engineer Haughen who together with Jeremy Allen White's Wall Street Journal tech journalist Jeff Horwitz end up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.Succession star Jeremy Strong stars as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, taking over from Jesse Eisenberg who famously played the tech mogul in the 2010 movie. Last year Mark said he has zero interest in being associated with Facebook or Meta. During an interview with BBC Radio 4, the filmmaker spoke out against the mogul while he was promoting his Oscar-nominated movie A Real Pain. Mikey, who won an Oscar last year for her performance in Anora, replied: 'No that's ok, at least you didn't call me Mickey''I haven't been following his life trajectory, partly because I don't want to think of myself as associated with somebody like that,' he explained. 'It's not like I played a great golfer or something and now I want people to think I'm a great golfer — it's like this guy that is doing things that are problematic, taking away fact-checking and safety concerns.'Making people who are already threatened in this world more threatened.'Aaron Sorkin has returned to the franchise as both the writer and director after winning the Academy Award for the best adapted screenplay for The Social Network. When the trailer premiered at CinemaCon earlier this year, Aaron explained why he needed to make a sequel to the 2010 drama. 'There isn't a life that Facebook's algorithm hasn't touched, and that influence has shaped everything. So it's time to say more,' he said.