Hilarious moment BBC presenter mocks herself after messing up her lines live on air – leaving viewers in stitches
Alexis Green was reporting live from Oxford as part of a feature about flooding when she suffered the unfortunate mind blank.
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Alexis Green making a comical gesture on South Today
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It came after she stumbled over her words
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Alexis is a weather presenter for the BBC
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Newsreader Jo Kent introduced the segment from the studio, before throwing to Alexis - who was next to the River Thames wearing a long black puffer.
Her item appeared to start as planned, as she explained: "Residents here have learnt to live with flooding over the years and some say the 2007 floods were the worst they've ever experienced."
But before long, the weather presenter appeared to go completely blank on her lines.
"Now, with a warming climate, rainfall is expected to become heavier and more persistent in the future," she said, "which is why people here have taken matters into their own homes, hou-, own, own, hands."
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Getting progressively flustered, she proceeded to abort the sentence entirely, adding: "Basically, to protect their homes and their businesses."
The presenter could then be seen mocking her own mistake by comically curling her lip and pointing at her head.
A few seconds later, the camera cut to a prerecorded take, showing Alexis walking along the river at Osney Island, west Oxford.
The broadcaster surprisingly chose to keep the blunder, which unfolded on South Today, in the iPlayer recording.
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TV viewers were quick to react to the word fumble on social media.
One wrote: "@AlexisGreenTV we love you as much as we love live TV."
BBC News presenter left red-faced over live blunder before she 'disappears' from screens during bulletin
Another said: "@AlexisgreenTV on #BBCSouthToday was on a live broadcast but her VT cut in a second too late so we saw her reaction to her word fumble earlier."
The blunder comes after a
Veteran presenter
, 57
, began as normal, stating: "Highs and low with the weather coming up, in fact for some today we've actually had two seasons in one day.
"It was quite a chilly start in Scotland a little earlier on, in fact temperatures were as low as minus three."
Turning to the screen she said: "Hopefully we'll be able to show you at some point this evening."
However, the screen still displayed the moving BBC News ident graphic.
Turning back to the camera, she manfully ploughed on with her broadcast, adding: "But it was a cold start in Scotland.
"And then the sunshine got going and we actually saw those temperatures climbing up to highs of 23 degrees."
But things got even worse when an incorrect graphic suddenly flashed up on screen.
And when the right one finally did appear, Louise's face was gone.
She exclaimed: "There we go! Oops, now I've disappeared. But I'll explain to you."
The Sun has reached out to the BBC for comment.
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