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In news that could only seem at home in 2019, a BBC newsreader accidentally referred to his colleague Aleem Maqbool as “Ally McBeal” live on air.
Presenter Clive Myrie was introducing a segment about American actor Jussie Smollett, who has been arrested on charges of filing a false police report after claiming to be the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.
Introducing the segment, he said:
Chicago’s chief of police says the actor may have staged it all because he was dissatisfied with his salary.
Well Ally McBeal… er Maqbool is in Chicago for us tonight. Ally.
Ever the professional, Maqbool, the BBC’s North America correspondent, continued to deliver the report despite hearing the mistake.
Horrifyingly for the presenter, Twitter obviously noticed the blunder and, within minutes, #AllyMcBeal began to trend on Twitter.
This reporter is called Aleem Maqbool and he got referred to as Ally Mcbeal on @BBCNews. I cannot deal https://t.co/4DcQ0hWNcC— Furquan Akhtar (@Furquan Akhtar) 1550773818
@RyanJL I heard it and had come in to rewind 😂— 🐝-List At Capital (@🐝-List At Capital) 1550773932
Judging by his face, this isn't the first time he's accidentally been called Ally McBeal... https://t.co/lGRsaGZocJ— Matt Taylor (@Matt Taylor) 1550773277
How did the newsreader just call his colleague Aleem Maqbool Ally McBeal?!— Snizzla Kalonji (@Snizzla Kalonji) 1550773237
Thankfully, Maqbool took the error in good humour.
...had a bit of a job not spluttering myself...! https://t.co/HRrxzb7h5Q— Aleem Maqbool (@Aleem Maqbool) 1550773361
...turns out i didn’t quite manage to hide my surprise completely... https://t.co/YWqZnS7lLd— Aleem Maqbool (@Aleem Maqbool) 1550773550
Later on, the presenter also took to Twitter to address the mix up.
I got my mucking words fuddled!! #AllyMcBeal— Clive Myrie (@Clive Myrie) 1550780903
Everyone makes mistakes, right?
H/T: Shropshire Star
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