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It's Been One Year Since Robert Kelly's Kids Crashed His BBC Interview

It's Been One Year Since Robert Kelly's Kids Crashed His BBC Interview

The South Korea expert was understandably mortified but he and his family made the whole world extremely happy

Chris Ogden

Chris Ogden

It's been one year today since the hilarious TV interview that everyone remembers - political analyst Robert Kelly getting gatecrashed by his two young kids while speaking with the BBC. If by some miracle you haven't seen it before, it will make your day.

On March 10 2017, Kelly, a Korean relations expert, was speaking with the BBC's James Menendez from his home office to discuss South Korean president Park Geun-hye being ousted from power - clearly serious stuff.

However, while Kelly was on air, his toddler Marion came bowling in through the door - which Kelly had unusually left unlocked.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Kelly said: "As soon as she opened the door I saw her image on my screen. She was in a hippity-hoppity mood that day because of the school party."

Kelly did his best to stay professional, discreetly trying to shoo Marion away. However, matters got twice as bad once his bouncing eight-month-old James decided to join in the fun.

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As if this wasn't hilarious enough, the best was yet to come, as Kelly's wife, Jung-a Kim - having spotted the chaos unfolding on TV in the other room - came charging in after the pair, dragging them out and knocking over books before leaning back in to close the door.

From Kim's look of absolute horror to Kelly wearing the face of a man thinking he's never going to get called back again, the clip was a perfect piece of banter that everyone was clearly going to love.

Knowing they were onto comedy gold, a BBC producer asked him on Twitter if they could share the clip, an offer Kelly - maybe unwisely - accepted.

Yes, Robert. Yes, it is.

The video quickly went viral with the family receiving a flood of correspondence and temporarily becoming the most famous family in the world.

A few weeks later, Kelly, Kim and the children ended up being invited back onto the BBC to explain their reactions since since the incident.

"We watched it multiple times, too, and our families have watched it as well. Everybody we know seems to think it's pretty hysterical," Kelly told Menendez. "It was sort of catching a regular family off-guard and stuff. It's funny."

"We laughed a lot," Jung-a Kim added.

In the year since, Kelly and his family are still recognised across the globe and he often cracks jokes about his fame in talks and at conferences.

Last month, the video even won TV Moment of the Year at the 2018 Broadcast Awards.

Kelly has now come to terms with the interview that made him a global celebrity, even though it was completely unintentional.

"For two weeks we were the most famous family on Earth," Kelly told the Guardian. "I guess that's an achievement? I don't know, it's still just weird more than anything else. It's nice to think we made people happy, but it's not really the kind of thing you'd ask for."

Respect to you, Robert Kelly. You and your family will have people rooting for you for a long time to come.

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: Viral, Kids, Community