The moment when certain people in countries such as the UK, New Zealand and Israel – all of whom took it to No 1 – said: "Hang on, maybe Ed's not a bonafide borelord after all".
The company, which would prefer that the details of the phone hacking scandal are not replayed in open court, has set aside £20m to settle with bonafide claimants and is offering to pay 10 per cent more than the courts would be likely to award in damages and to pay costs.
The Bolton Wanderers' training ground is a happy place to be at the moment; their 4-0 opening day win away at Queen's Park Rangers means they are off to a flier and tomorrow's game against Manchester City is a bonafide top-of-the-table clash.
Punk, real name Phil Brooks, is a bonafide celebrity figure with a strong passionate following that he will bring with him from the professional wrestling scene.
After all, this was Emma Watson: straight-A student, bonafide goodie-two-shoes, poster girl for all that is not hedonistic about Hollywood.
These days, they're more likely to inspire the warmth reserved for bonafide National Treasures – because that is what Widdecombe has become.
It would be remarkable, nonetheless, if Morgan was to replace King who, with his heavy spectacles and trademark red "suspenders", is one of the most recognisable figures in American broadcasting, a bonafide heavyweight who has conducted 40,000 interviews with guests including Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.
Almost immediately I was jumped on by a group of hostile members who thought that I couldn't be a real, bonafide feminist because I didn't believe aligning feminism with a social revolution and trade union discussion was the way to go.
Maybe it's because women's genitals – in their real, bonafide state - are the last taboo.
There's also gripping foreign films like The Skin I Live In and Dogtooth, cerebral hits like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation and A Dangerous Method and bonafide classics like Good Will Hunting and The Aviator.
He also got a passport for the first time in his life, and travelled abroad as a bonafide musician: Paris, New York, LA. "It was sick," he says.
