BBC presenter 'flips the bird' after mistakenly believing she's not on live TV
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A BBC presenter has been caught making a rude gesture towards the camera as she mocked herself for tripping over her words.
Weatherwoman Alexis Green had been reporting live from Oxford on a feature about flooding and mistakenly believed she had been taken off camera.
Of course, it's not the first time a BBC newsreader has been caught doing the same while cameras were still rolling.
In 2023, Maryam Moshiri apologised for a rude blunder after she had been jokingly counting down before cameras started rolling, and gave her middle finger when she got to 'one'.
This time, Green made the gesture towards herself after stumbling over her words during her report.
She had been saying: 'Residents here have learnt to live with flooding over the years and some say the 2007 floods were the worst they've ever experienced.'
Getting a few words mixed up, she then said: 'Now, with a warming climate, rainfall is expected to become heavier and more persistent in the future which is why people here have taken matters into their own homes… han-own, own, hands.'
'Basically, to protect their homes and their businesses,' she added, appearing to look flustered.
Thinking the camera had then cut to another clip, Green was caught on camera making gestures including appearing to give the finger.
Of course, it didn't go unnoticed by viewers, with @Brynwales writing on X: '@AlexisGreenTV we love you as much as we love live TV.'
'I saw that too,' @OliReading replied, later sharing: '@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.'
Sharing the clip on the platform, @Billy_runs said: '@BBCSouthToday words just didn't flow well and it showed at the end of the edit #blooper @AlexisGreenTV.'
Greggy wrote: '@AlexisGreenTV don't worry, sure no one noticed.'
Darren added: '@AlexisGreenTV A serious subject Alexis but you did make me laugh outloud!!'
When Moshiri was caught on camera making a rude gesture as the midday news bulletin began, she apologised with the whole clip later being shared.
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She explained she had jokingly been counting down, culminating in pulling her middle finger for the number one as she larked around with the crew, and had not expected the moment to air.
She wrote on X: 'So someone released the full video ! It wasn't the BBC who released this and it certainly wasn't me! But in a way I think I'm glad this is out there, as it shows I WAS having a bit of a joke with the crew during the countdown. Again, so sorry it went out on air. It was meant to be a private laugh.'
As the video made its way around social media, people were in hysterics at the faux pas.
'A meme is born,' someone said, while another penned: 'I know I shouldn't laugh, but lol, what a time to be alive.'
'What a silly and unprofessional thing to do,' one viewer fumed.
Moshiri had earlier apologised on X, writing: 'Hey everyone , yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery.
'I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0.. including the fingers to show the number. So from 10 fingers held up to one.
'When we got to 1 I turned finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera.
So someone released the full video !It wasn't the BBC who released this and it certainly wasn't me! But in a way I think I'm glad this is out there, as it shows I WAS having a bit of a joke with the crew during the countdown. Again, so sorry it went out on air. It was meant… pic.twitter.com/94pATaKP7i — Maryam Moshiri (@BBCMaryam) December 15, 2023
Hey everyone , yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery. I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0.. including the fingers to show the number. So from 10 fingers held up to one. When… — Maryam Moshiri (@BBCMaryam) December 7, 2023
'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. More Trending
'I wasn't ' flipping the bird' at viewers or even a person really.
'It was a silly joke that was meant for a small number of my mates.'
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