"Someone's gotta get Kyra to stop doing this s***!"
Posted on 08/30/2006 9:25:37 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
NEW YORK - Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's "Live From...," unwittingly upstaged President Bush's speech in New Orleans with on-the-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother — all live from a CNN ladies room.
Unaware that her wireless microphone was "live" during her break, Phillips could be heard overriding Bush's prepared address Tuesday as he was seen marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The Atlanta-based Phillips, in conversation with an unidentified woman in an echoey room, dismissed most men with a vulgar term, but called herself "very lucky in that regard. My husband is handsome and he is genuinely a loving — you know, no ego — you know what I'm saying? Just a really passionate, compassionate, great, great human being. And they exist. They do exist. They're hard to find. Yup. But they are out there."
A few moments later, she observed that "brothers have to be, you know, protective. Except for mine. I've got to be protective of him."
Why? "His wife is just a control freak."
At that point, another voice cut in: "Kyra."
"Yeah, baby?" replied Phillips on hearing her name.
"Your mike is on. Turn it off. It's been on the air."
CNN anchor Daryn Kagan, looking flustered, then broke into the telecast with a recap of what Bush had been saying.
Phillips later apologized to viewers "for an issue we had with our mikes" and "for a little bit of an interruption there during the president."
CNN issued its own official statement, explaining the network had "experienced audio difficulties during the president's speech today in New Orleans. We apologize to our viewers and the president for the disruption."
The network also apologized to the White House.
Does anyone have a link to "The Naked Gun" audio?
My thought exactly.
Not much bathroom noise, imo. Not like Frank Drebbin in Police Story, at least.
LOL...ant that would be different from their current content...how?
They can still listen in on that w/o sending over the air.
That's it, blame the equipment.
How did I know you already had a song for this Doug
Funny, these things never happened under Clinton (at least on CNN).
At least her husband shouldn't be too upset about this.
When Clinton spoke, no doubt, the faithful at CNN were all packed into the control room hanging on every word.
When Bush speaks they all head out for a smoke/bathroom/coffee break and nobody's minding the store.
Yep, double bonus for him. She was very complimentary about him AND he'll no longer have to worry about seeing some of his in-laws.
Kyra (aka: yeah baby) Phillips
CNN is lying. As usual, this was a set-up all the way.
At some point it all stops being accidental.
"CNN is lucky she wasnt openly Bush bashing."
Making cracks about Bush would have been a real pisser, given the circumstance, lol. (ducking)
...or that she didn't do something similar to Johnny Drama on Entourage.
Worse. The echoey room.
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