Whoops! BBC presenter apologizes for flipping the bird on live TV
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BBC anchor Maryam Moshiri says she was having a bit of fun with her work crew and it wasn't intended for audiences to see.
A BBC news anchor has apologized for flashing her middle finger during a live news broadcast, saying her obscene gesture was an inside joke and not intended for the public to see.
The BBC’s Maryam Moshiri says she was getting ready for a live broadcast Wednesday and was doing a pretend countdown with her fingers as the director was counting down the seconds until airtime.
“When we got to 1 I turned finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera,” she wrote in an apology posted to X Thursday.
“It was a private joke with the team and I’m so sorry it went out on air! It was not my intention for this to happen and I’m sorry if I offended or upset anyone. I wasn’t ‘flipping the bird’ at viewers or even a person really,” she continued, add it was a “silly joke” meant to amuse a “small number of my mates.”
Moshiri’s apology seems to be well-received, with many viewers chiming in to say the flub was more amusing than offensive and gave them a good laugh.
“I thought it was the funniest thing I’ve seen on the BBC in ages,” wrote one supporter.
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