Ready, attention – middle finger: a scandal erupted in Britain around the presenter's gesture

Maryam Moshiri showed her middle finger on air/Collage 24 Channel

TV presenter of the British BBC channel Maryam Moshiri showed her middle finger in the frame at the beginning of the broadcast, which caused a real scandal. She had to justify herself to the audience, who might be outraged by such an act.

As she explained, it was a common work joke that was accidentally caught on camera. However, some viewers may not have understood this.

Middle finger on air

As presenter Maryam Moshiri explained, when counting down the time before the broadcast, she decided to joke with her colleagues – she showed them the middle finger. However, by chance this moment was included in the first seconds of the broadcast. The film crew seemed to react to this with humor, but the audience might not have perceived it as it really was.

I pretended , that I was counting down when the director counted from 10 to 0 with his fingers to show the number. That is, from 10 fingers to one. When we got to 1, I jokingly turned my finger, not realizing that it would be caught on camera. – the British woman wrote.

The TV presenter added that it was a stupid joke intended for a small number of her comrades – she regrets that it was broadcast. In her post, she apologizes to anyone who was offended or upset by this.

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