It was the moment that momentarily stunned viewers of Nine's Weekend Today program.
Treasurer Scott Morrison was "beeped" while being interviewed by Nine's veteran political editor Laurie Oakes.
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Viewers quickly hit social media, postulating on whether the federal Treasurer had just snapped on air.
"I didn't expect to see Scott Morrison swearing on breakfast TV hahahahaha," one viewer posted on Twitter
A Nine spokeswoman confirmed it was the station's fault and the beep was the result of a "technical" error.
"A burst of tone went to air. The interview was live so we would not censor intentionally," a Nine spokesperson said.
The Weekend Today program apologised to Mr Morrison for the error.