Caught On The Fly: News Anchor Swallows Insect During Live Broadcast – Video
deadline.comTalk about poise. Farah Nasser, a host on Canada’s Global News, kept on track after swallowing a wayward bug during a live broadcast. “Sharing because we all need a laugh these days,” she later tweeted, alongside a clip of the moment. “I swallowed a fly on air today.”Nasser was talking about flooding in Pakistan when the incident happened.
After a grimace and a quick throat-clearing, she resumed as though nothing had happened.“I could feel it fluttering in the back of my throat as I finished that introduction,” she told CNN in an interview.Earlier this month, a televised news conference saw Ontario, Canada Premier Doug Ford swallowing a bee at a news conference.While introducing a top story during a recording of Global National, anchor Farah Nasser suddenly stopped mid-read to clear her throat after she says she swallowed a fly, but quickly continued without a sweat.
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