Live television is something that organisations need to cover breaking news. But it also has some minor pitfalls - like what to do when someone interrupts your interview.
That's exactly the scenario that BBC reporter Ben Brown endured while trying to cover Labour's manifesto launch in Bradford.
Ben was interviewing the BBC's assistant political editor, Norman Smith, when a member of the public came into their live shot.
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She gave the camera the big thumbs up and said 'absolutely fantastic'. Now, our protagonist, Ben, tried to be the astute professional by palming her off, but unfortunately, he had fairly poor hand placement.
In his defence, it's difficult to maintain your composure during a live TV interview, so it's not as if he did it on purpose.
The woman, clearly annoyed - either that she had been accidentally groped - or not given her 15 seconds of fame, slaps Ben on the shoulder and walks off in a huff.
Some people on Twitter couldn't help themselves...
Ben even felt the need to address the situation...
Some people even called for him to be sacked for the incident, claiming he did it intentionally.
Another Twitter user noted that Ben decided to change the scenery to prevent another interruption during his next bulliten:
I never really understand the need to interrupt TV interviews, you might get your face on a camera but you usually end up looking like a bit of an idiot.
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