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Being a live news broadcaster isn't easy. If something can go wrong, it probably will at some point and it's the broadcaster's job to maintain a cool head while things go sideways. BBC political correspondent Emma Vardy just proved she's got the right stuff for this sort of thing. Her live segment discussing the future of "Brexit" was interrupted by loud NSFW moaning courtesy of a team of pranksters.
Check out Vardy's reaction face:
Aside from a brief moment of seeming confusion about where the sounds were coming from, the prank didn't really seem to phase Vardy. The morning show hosts had some great reaction faces of their own. Naga Munchetty has fabulous poker face, but her co-host's emotions are a bit easier to read.
Charlie Stayt is not having it, you guys.
Charlie may have missed the humor, and one media outlet described the incident as "horrifying" to viewers, so we decided to scour Twitter and see what people were actually saying about it.
Turns out, most people talking about it had a really good laugh:
Someone kept playing one of those videos that has sex noises on bbc breakfast while a reporter was doing a piece to camera, good job keeping a straight face 😂 #bbc #bbcbreakfast #bbcnews
— James Finn (@JamesFinn86) November 10, 2017
Saw it, genius
— carlos the jackal (@carllongson) November 10, 2017
@tobytarrant @RadioX Toby,you’ll find this funny. BBC breakfast news this morning, someone played sex noises over a live broadcast. BBC claiming it’s “music” pic.twitter.com/5pmzik1tkX
— Lynsey Cowell (@LynseyCowell) November 10, 2017
Well played @DiscoBoyUk 👏👏
— SeCu ✌️🎧 (@se_cu) November 10, 2017
Oh my god. The bbc news tv live feed outside Westminster just had sex noises blaring in the background 😂😂😭😭😭
— Congolesa Banned (@judeinlondon2) November 10, 2017
This Needs To Happen All The Time On BBC and CNN👏👏
— pete (@peatapann) November 10, 2017
Brilliant 😂😂 someone playing the sex sound while bbc breakfast was live doing the news.
— Jake Dowson (@JakeDowson2506) November 10, 2017
Some people didn't think the NSFW soundtrack sounded all that NSFW:
I guess the fake orgasm matches the fake news...
— The Seeker (@PaulKnowsAll2) November 11, 2017
I thought it was the kids next door so I paused the telly and heard it. Probably woke them up by laughing 😂 what ever it was someone was having a good time.
— Jake Dowson (@JakeDowson2506) November 10, 2017
It sounded more like a baby crying.
— Allie (@alliomack) November 11, 2017
sounds more like a donkey singing 😀😀😀
— YAMTAR (@turker_bora) November 11, 2017
People pointed out that this particular kind of prank has a name — and Brazilians started it:
In Brazil this is called "gemidão do zap". It's a prank. 😂
— Verena Tatiana (@veckataty) November 10, 2017
Gemidão do Zap?
— Ricardo Santos (@zuinix) November 11, 2017
You are awesome the Gemidão of Zap has reached new levels hahahahaha
— Elytton Sousa (@ElyttonSousa) November 10, 2017
