Boris Johnson: U.K. will make 'Titanic success' of Brexit

LONDON ��� Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was ridiculed on social media Thursday for saying the country would make a “Titanic success” of Brexit.

Johnson made the gaffe at a political magazine’s awards ceremony attended by numerous politicians Wednesday night.

Prime Minister Theresa May put her head in her hands in response to Johnson's statement, according to media reports.

After realizing his error, Johnson said: “The Titanic exhibition in Northern Ireland is the single most popular tourist attraction in the province. Of course it is. And we are going to make a colossal — a colossal — success of Brexit."

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The United Kingdom voted for Brexit — its departure from the 28-member bloc — at a referendum in June. Johnson, the former mayor of London and a leading campaigner to leave the EU, picked up the Comeback of the Year accolade at the Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year awards ceremony in London.

The Titanic was built in Belfast, the Northern Irish capital, and sank after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic while en route from Southampton, England, to New York.