Former British PM Boris Johnson has had a rather sweary moment after a frightening attack by an ostrich at a wildlife park.

Video shared to social media by Johnson’s wife Carrie captures the big bird’s attack on the former politician and their four-year-old son Wilfred at a Texas wildlife park.

The footage shows the ostrich approaching the open front driver-side window of the Johnsons’s vehicle before it suddenly leans in and pecks at the 60-year-old former PM’s hand.

“Ow!” Johnson can be heard shouting, as Wilfred laughs.

He then yelps and swears, before quickly grabbing the steering wheel and driving away.

“Cripes! Oh, f—ing hell,” Johnson said.

His wife posted the clip to her Instagram on Monday (US time).

“Too funny not to share,” she wrote in the caption.

The Johnsons and their children – Wilfred, Romy and Frank – are on a family visit to the US. The New York Times said they were spotted dining at the Stumpy’s Lakeside Grill, a restaurant in Granbury, Texas, on Saturday.

Johnson was British prime minister from 2019 until his resignation, amid a string of controversies, in 2022.

During his time in the public eye, Johnson was renowned for public gaffes, including raising eyebrows after struggling to put a latex glove on his hand at a Covid vaccination centre in Wales.

It’s “like OJ Simpson,” he said.

During the 2019 British election campaign, he famously hid inside a commercial fridge to avoid journalists’ questions, in 2021 he fought a losing battle with an inside-out umbrella at a police memorial service, and he got stuck dangling in the air from a zipline while celebrating a British gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

During last year’s British election, he was turned away from a voting station after forgetting his photo ID – despite introducing the legislation requiring it while he was prime minister.