A BBC Sport reporter was forced to abandon her coverage of the World Cup after being distracted by two smooching bystanders.
Reporting from the streets of Los Angeles after Scotland's 1-0 win against Haiti, Betty Glover was about to deliver a piece to camera when events took a steamy turn.
In footage posted to her social media accounts, she looked stunned as she realised that there was a couple standing directly behind her, engaging in some seriously heavy petting. As Betty attempted to regain her composure, the camera redirected so as to crop the pair out of the shot.
'Hello and welcome to LA and your morning cup day after Scotland just enjoyed one of their best footballing moments in history,' she said, persevering with a smile. However, the moment was too much, and she quickly broke into a fit of laughter, bringing the segment to an abrupt close.
Reflecting afterward, Betty posted on Instagram: 'Don't mind me guys… Just trying to do a piece to camera when a couple started necking it on behind me.' She added: '@georgecoops behind the camera couldn't stop laughing & in the end I couldn't hold it together.'
In the comments below, social media users shared their amusement at the reporter's predicament. 'You're lucky that was the only thing they started doing….could've gone bad real quick,' pointed out No7448. 'Your expression was PRICELESS,' wrote Fernando_Duarte, while CallumOwen98 likened the situation to 'a scene from Drop The Dead Donkey or The Day Today.'
'Someone scored,' joked mattknights1997, with mrliamdurkin describing it as 'the Betty Glover effect.' 'When you're reporting on something great and then something even greater happens around you,' mused Kenneth59569649, adding: 'Life is wonderful. Embrace it.'
This moment comes only a day after two separate BBC presenters were forced to apologise for the foul-mouthed behaviour of their guests. First up was Scarlett Clark, who appeared on a BBC News segment paying tribute to late artist David Hockney, who died this week aged 88. After a discussion about his legacy, art and life, presenter Matthew Amroliwala asked Scarlett – as the granddaughter of the artist's muse – what advice he'd given her. She answered: 'I mean the same thing really. He said: 'Enjoy and paint what you love and, yeah, just f**k everyone.'' Realising what she'd done, a flushed Scarlett offered her apologies, while Matthew also apologised to the audience.
The second sweary BBC guest came as part of the broadcaster's ongoing coverage of the World Cup. Interviewed in a bar, one American citizen gave his interviewer more than he had bargained for when he described FIFA bosses as a bunch of 'greedy f***s.' As the interview continued, the interviewer issued his embarrassed 'apologies for the language there.' Seemingly unbothered by what had just occurred, the guest went on, describing FIFA bosses as 'clowns' and 'an embarrassment to this country.' 'That casts a bit of a shadow on this, but as a soccer fan it's always awesome to have a World Cup at home,' he finished.
