In a world filled with bad news, negative news, political news, and other divisive forms of news, at least we have humorous human awkwardness that result in viral videos that we can rely on that we can all relate to that makes us laugh along.
Sometimes, it’s even from people that give us the news.
Such an awkward moment happened today on the BBC in what was supposed to be a segment about news around the UK – and it had nothing to do with their dress-code rule changes.
BBC News anchor Lukwesa Burak happily segued to the news which — after the intro started — seemed to go off without a hitch when a shot of a man playing Scottish bagpipes began. Suddenly, however, the segment abruptly stopped and viewers watched Burak, momentarily unaware that all eyes were on her, giving a cheer with both hands happily raised above her head.
Then, to her ultimate fear, she realized she was mistakenly on-air. Her mouth opened in shock and then she looked down, likely wondering what was happening, perhaps unsure if viewers could even see her. The total silence that followed created more uncertainty. “Why did the segment end?” “Why did technical difficulties have to happen at such a time?” “How long is the camera going to be on me?” Those were likely the thoughts going through Burak’s head.
The moment was shared on Twitter by multiple people. One user who uploaded the video has seen it soar to over 3 million views. The best part of the moment was that the numerous replies were not mocking her at all. Instead, everybody celebrated the awkwardness and even some praised the anchor for being human and relatable.
Lukwesa later responded to the positive replies with a thank you to viewers.
Although we wish no more awkward moments for Lukwesa, we happily cheer along with her on this one.