A BBC News presenter was caught giving the middle finger to the world Wednesday during a live television broadcast.
The obscene gesture came just hours before BBC decided to hike their licence fee by just over £10, meaning British people will have to pay £169 a year to access the service they already fund with their taxes, according to The Sun.
Maryam Moshiri was sitting at her broadcast desk when she made the move and appeared to be joking with bosses behind the scenes when she flashed the rude sign to camera.
The mortifying blunder occurred just as the BBC show came on air meaning viewers were greeted with the insult.
Moshiri, 46, one of the network’s chief presenters, appeared panicked when she realised she was live and scrambled to continue the bulletin while composing herself.
She swiftly said: “Live from London, this is BBC News.”
The awkward incident occurred on the world feed of BBC News at 12 noon UK time.
The channel in the UK was showing Prime Minister’s Questions from Westminster, with some of the headlines relating to that.
Maryam later issued an apology over the mistake.
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