Maybe my blenderized finger has made me more sensitive about stuff like this, but I can’t stop cringing on behalf of the CNN anchor who left her mike on while she went to the bathroom.
As Bush spoke about improving communications between government agencies in the Katrina aftermath, Kyra Phillips’ voice interrupted with her opinion of certain men:
“… assholes.”
Phillips, responding to news about her cloakroom confidante’s latest relationship, continues on the subject of men, first lavishing praise on her husband, whom she calls a “really, passionate, compassionate, great, great human being”.
[snip]
Phillips’s view of her sister-in-law is not so enthusiastic as the one reserved for her husband. She says she has to protect her brother, because his wife is such a “control freak”.
At this point, another female voice from the CNN control room can be heard, telling Phillips to turn off her microphone.
“Who wants to listen to Bush when you can hear what Kyra thinks of her control freak sister-in-law?” by Tim Reid, Times Online
The red-faced Kyra Phillips had to go back on the air (“We apologise for a little bit of an interruption there during the President”) but I believe I would’ve handled the situation differently. I would’ve ripped the sink faucet out of the wall and committed seppuku with it.
MUCH less painful than leaving the ladies room while still breathing.
I hadn’t heard of this! I always miss the good stuff! Thanks for the recap.
Can you imaginge the next family get together?! “oops! sorry, I didn’t mean to tell the world what a BIOTCH you are”.
Oh my, I had not heard about that!! Totally funny, wonder if she got a call from her brother???
Ouch. That should make for fun and amusing family get togethers this holiday?
Can you imagine Christmas Dinner? 🙂 I mean, man, what a snafu.
I know! Oh, my gosh, those holiday dinners are going to be hell! And imagine how bad it would’ve been if she’d been ticked off at her husband—at least she gave him a public thumbs up… but during the President’s speech?
Ay, yi, yi, and having to face your co-workers afterward? Nope. You’d never get me out of the washroom alive.
When I first heard about this, I wasn’t sure if it would be more painful to be caught as she was, or if it would’ve been worse for everyone to be commenting on what business she may have been taking care of in the restroom. I mean, we all know what toilets are for, but who wants to hear someone else using one? So which would be worse? Badmouthing a sister-in-law, or relieving yourself on air? I don’t think I could’ve lived either one down.
That’s why I’ll never be on television. I stick my foot in my mouth enough.
I read somewhere (I think Fark) that he dad had this to about his daughter’s control freak remark:
“Takes one to know one.”
Ouch! Pastors face the same danger with their cordless mikes too!
Heard of a very popular (ex)host for a children’s story program, all sweetness and love, who left his mike on after the closing “Goodnight, dear children” to which he had added “you little bastards…!!!”
Hey, she went and did David Letterman’s top ten list, so I’m a huge fan of hers!
A reporter friend once said to me, “I hate when people look at me before an interview and say ‘Am I on?’ Well, I got news for you brother: Yeah, You’re on. You’re ALWAYS on. You’re on from the moment you leave your house in the morning ’til the moment you return and everyplace in between.”
Kyra’s bathroom faux-pas surely proves my friend’s point.