Journalists across the world took to social media to express solidarity with Australia’s ABC News anchor Natasha Exelby, who was caught daydreaming live on TV. Watch the clip here:
The hilarious clip, which went viral on Sunday, shows the journalist fiddling with her pen before a look of horror flashes across her face when she realises she is on-air. However, it seemed her employers didn’t find the incident all too funny, as reports surfaced of Ms. Exelby being banned from going on-air again or demoted from her position.
Following this development, fellow journalists began to rally behind Ms. Exelby, posting videos of their own on-air gaffes under the hashtag #PutYourBloopersOut
ABC News was quick to rubbish the reports of Ms. Exelby’s demotion saying, “No one would be punished for that. Live television is a demanding art and slip-ups will happen - our presenters are humans, not robots.”
But #PutYourBloopersOut had already started trending. Here are some hilarious on-air bloopers shared by journalists:
