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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-883/
- Published: 2023-12-08T17:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-08T01:51:47.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:07

> A [BBC news](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/128512058/bbc-coverage-gives-isolated-whangammona-an-international-tourism-audience?ref=goodoil.news) presenter has had to apologise after she was caught giving the middle finger while doing a live broadcast.  
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> Maryam Moshiri flicked the bird straight at the camera lens during the broadcast on Wednesday, a gesture which was supposedly meant for a colleague.  
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> After realising she was live, Moshiri quickly pulled down her hand and proceeded to continue with the bulletin.  
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> As reported by [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/07/maryam-moshiri-apology-middle-finger-bbc-presenter/?ref=goodoil.news), Moshiri says she was sharing a “private joke” and the gesture was not meant for the viewers.  
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> On X (formerly Twitter), Moshiri apologised to viewers for the gesture.  
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> “Hey everyone, yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery.  
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> “I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0… including the fingers to show the number. So from 10 fingers held up to one.  
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> “When we got to 1, I turned the finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera.  
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> Stuff

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