A verbal spat between two television news anchors from Pakistan was filmed and the video of their fight has gone viral on social media. As per reports, the anchors were from a Lahore-based news channel named City 42.
The anchors were seen on camera having a bitter exchange, with one of the anchors complaining to the production crew regarding the other’s behaviour.
“How am I supposed to do the news bulletin with her,” whines the male anchor in Urdu as the video starts. “She’s saying don’t talk to me.”
“I was talking about your tone,” replies the female news anchor. “Speak to me with respect.”
“How have I disrespected you?” asks the man, losing patience quickly at this point.
“Jahil (ignorant),” the woman mutters under her breath – her barb sharply pointed at her colleague.
“Tell her to watch what she says,” the man snaps. “Is all of this being recorded?”
“There’s no end to her tantrums,” he complains as the video ends.
Various versions of the video have been circulating online and it has been watched and shared lakhs of times.
“Happens between colleagues. Am sure they had lunch or dinner soon after this,” comments one optimistic person. “And then they lived happily ever after,” jokes another.
This isn’t the first time behind-the-scenes footage of a television news anchor has gone viral.
Last year, the host of MSNBC’s ‘Last Word’ Lawrence O’Donnell was forced to apologise after footage leaked from the show’s August 28 taping showed the anchor having a profanity-laced meltdown. The over the eight-minute-long video was first leaked by media-watch website “Mediaite” and then reposted on several social media platforms.