BBC News presenter apologises after giving camera middle finger on air

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BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri was caught giving the camera the middle finger live on air in what she says was a “private joke” gone wrong.Moshiri was momentarily seen with a raised middle finger as BBC News switched to the studio for the headlines.

Realising that she was live on air, she quickly scrambled to compose herself and then told viewers: “Live from London, this is BBC News.”The blunder has been clipped and shared by various X (formerly Twitter) accounts, and has since gone viral.

Moshiri has now issued an explanation and apology.The presenter explained that she was sharing a private joke with her producers in the studio, which involved counting down with her fingers and ending with the potentially offensive gesture.BBC presenter gave the middle finger live on air.

pic.twitter.com/4M0310qoFa— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) December 7, 2023“Hey everyone, yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery,” she wrote on X. “I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0..