BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty was forced to apologise live on air after a blunder during Friday’s show.
Joined on the sofa by her co-presenter Charlie Stayt, Naga was left red-faced after failing to read her autocue.
The presenter, 50, began to introduce a segment covered by reporter Peter Ruddick as she explained: ‘We discovered a new word today “quishing”.’
‘Yes. We didn’t know that,’ Charlie responded.
Naga then continued: ‘Never heard of it. Peter is going to explain. It’s all to do with QR codes, morning Peter. On themes of phishing…’
Yet she was interrupted as Peter exclaimed: ‘You’ve ruined my reveal.’
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BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty was forced to apologise live on air after a blunder during Friday’s show
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The presenter, 50, began to introduce a segment covered by reporter Peter Ruddick (pictured) yet she failed to read her autocue as she made a mistake live on air
The host apologised as she gushed: ‘Oh I’m so sorry. This is what happens when I don’t read the auto cue. Apologies.’
Accepting her apology the reporter replied: ‘It’s fine’, as Charlie added: ‘I suspect you’ll explain it in more detail.’
Peter added: ‘I’ll have a good go.’
Just last week, BBC News host Matthew Amroliwala, 63, was forced to apologise to viewers after technical blunders live on air.
The journalist was caught up in the huge mishap, which saw him accidentally being placed next to a number of promotional clips being aired on the show.
He handled it like a true professional as he was broadcast out alongside some videos of News Analysis Editor, Ros Atkins, 51, and BBC Culture & Media Editor Katie Razzell, 54.
The video of Ros saw him talking about Radio 4’s The Media Show, while Katie spoke about her new radio show.
Matthew was sat in the studio and tried to communicate with his colleagues as they were played out to the viewers simultaneously.
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Naga accidentally began explaining the word ‘quishing’, as Peter exclaimed: ‘You’ve ruined my reveal’
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The host apologised and said: ‘Oh I’m so sorry. This is what happens when I don’t read the auto cue. Apologies’
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Journalist Matthew Amroliwala, 63, was involved in a huge mishap last week, which involved him being placed next to a number of promotional clips being aired on the show
After realising what was going on, he stayed quiet and let the videos play out, staring down the lens before mouthing to a colleague off camera.
When they were finished he chimed in: ‘Welcome back. For those watching closely, I think you’ve been back for a while!
‘Apologies for that. Some technical problems here in the studio but you’re watching BBC News at 3:30pm. Let’s turn to our main headlines here…’
