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A middle finger or crossed fingers? GB News presenter has us doing a double-take as she appears to flip the bird to camera live on air
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In a moment that had us spitting out the Coca Cola Cristiano Ronaldo would never touch, a GB News presenter appeared to stick her middle fingers up at the camera during a live segment today.
Or did she?
We can’t blame viewers for fearing the worst, seeing as the network’s production team has been frantically dealing with noise complaints with programmes sounding like they’ve been recorded in the gent’s toilets and filmed with a Go Pro, as well as misspellings of guest names and prank calls getting through the gates.
Today’s midday show had barely kicked into gear when Gloria De Piero and Liam Halligan were discussing travel doors being opened back up (while Halligan’s microphone wasn’t working, that’s what the lower third suggested).
At one stage in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, though, De Piero then brought her hands up and appeared to flip the bird to the gallery. With both hands.
Sadly, for those who felt perhaps this was another gotcha moment, DePiero was instead crossing her fingers (we’re going with benefit of the doubt here) in reaction to the travel news.
Still, the scene hasn’t stopped many a punter from reacting with feverish gusto, as they wondered whether they’d noticed a crude blunder from the newly-launched channel.
‘Did I just see @GBNEWS presenter @GloriaDePiero give the bird to the camera with both hands thinking she wasn’t on air?’ one viewer asked on Twitter. ‘Yes I did.’
Soundchester UK also spotted the moment and shared it on Twitter, writing: ‘Not even ten seconds into the 12 o clock show and the presenter just gave two middle fingers to the camera live on air!’
GBNewsFails picked up the clip and shared: ‘We have absolutely no idea what’s going on here. Absolute chaos. Is the hand signal something that’s taught in media between a presenter and the gallery? Let us know!’
With Halligan’s sound cut, no one could really be sure what she was reacting to, as one noted: ‘She’s just got her fingers crossed, that’s all?! It was obviously connected to what the guy was saying but we couldn’t hear it.’
When we tell you it created division in the comments though, one enthused in response to another who put forth the crossed fingers analogy: ‘She really isn’t, it’s quite clearly the middle fingers.’
While many felt the moment was a parody, another replied: ‘Good lord – do you not get fired for that?!’
However Dan Barker supported the crossed finger theory, adding: ‘My guess: There’re sound issues & so we can’t hear him. They’ve asked her to do the intro instead. She crosses her fingers hoping her sound comes through.’
Others supported the idea she was innocently crossing her fingers, as one shared a screenshot that had been massively brightened in which De Piero’s pointer could be seen, ever so slightly, poking out from behind her middle finger.
Ah, everyone loves a bit of midday madness to liven up the day!
Metro.co.uk contacted reps of GB News for comment.
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