The TV show Jeremy Kyle has been found in breach of broadcasting rules for an episode shown on Easter Sunday morning.
"Did you sleep with my boyfriend and is he your baby's dad?" was deemed unsuitable by the broadcast regulator Ofcom.
A complaint was made about the show, which also included several references to sex and affairs, being broadcast on a religious festival.
Ofcom said the topics discussed on the Easter Sunday showing were "unsuitable for children before the watershed on a Sunday morning".
A spokesperson said: "We found this programme broke broadcasting rules because it included content that was unsuitable for children before the watershed on a Sunday morning.
"The sound was dipped to mask offensive language about 130 times.
"The programme also contained several aggressive confrontations between the participants and Jeremy Kyle, as well as sexual references and themes."
ITV said it would be "taking steps in the future to avoid scheduling similar material on religious holidays in future".
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Article by Antony Bushfield
Antony Bushfield is a multimedia journalist for Premier.