Kate Middleton and Prince William enjoyed a series of outstanding acts at the Royal Variety Performance which aired on Sunday evening.
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BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri was caught giving the middle finger to camera in an on-air gaffe that she says was a “private joke” gone wrong.
Moshiri was momentarily seen with a raised finger as BBC News switched to the studio for the headlines. Realizing her error had been caught on camera, she quickly returned to a traditional news anchor stance and told viewers: “Live from London, this is BBC News.”
Been a while since a middle finger gesture made it on to BBC News… pic.twitter.com/eS5hOJ0PYY
The error has been clipped up by various Twitter (now X) accounts and has been going viral on the social media site, prompting Moshiri to issue an explanation and apology.
The presenter said she was sharing a private joke with her friends in the gallery, which involved counting down with her fingers and ending with the potentially offensive gesture.
“It was not my intention for this to happen and I’m sorry if I offended or upset anyone. I wasn’t ‘ flipping the bird’ at viewers or even a person really,” she said.
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…
Moshiri is one of the BBC News channel’s chief presenters after being promoted in February. She has worked for the British broadcaster for more than 20 years.
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Kate Middleton and Prince William enjoyed a series of outstanding acts at the Royal Variety Performance which aired on Sunday evening.
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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.
BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has said sorry for showing her middle finger on live TV. She said she didn't mean to "offend or upset anyone".
BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri has been forced to apologise after giving the middle finger live on air.
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