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News anchor praised for keeping cool after swallowing fly on live broadcast

News anchor praised for keeping cool after swallowing fly on live broadcast

Farah Nasser said she could 'it fluttering in the back of my throat'

A news anchor somehow managed to keep her cool after she swallowed a fly live on-air.

Canada’s Global News host, Farah Nasser, barely flinched as the fly buzzed into her mouth, somehow managing to continue to read her script without a sweat.

Within seconds, she quickly cleared her throat and 'kept calm and carried on'.

Watch below:

Nasser brilliantly poked fun at herself on Twitter while referencing Canada Premier, Doug Ford, who recently swallowed a bee at a news conference.

She wrote: "Sharing because we all need a laugh these days. Turns out it's not just @fordnation, I swallowed a fly on air today. (Very much a first world problem given the story I'm introducing)."

Nasser also told CNN: “I could feel it fluttering in the back of my throat as I finished that introduction.”

A news anchor somehow managed to keep her cool after she swallowed a fly live on-air.
Twitter / @globalnews

Viewers were full of praise for the news host, with one person commenting: "Like a champ Far. Was it a fruit fly? House fly?"

"Regular fly. It was so gross D," Nasser replied.

Another quipped: "I knew something was BUGGING me about your coverage of that story but I didn't have time to INSECT it further. You handled it like a pro, especially since you were LARVE on TV."

A third added: "Farah, I don’t want to like this but what a pro you are."

"Great composure though @FarahNasser love watching @globalnews here in New Zealand - Keep up the great work and hope the producer gets the team a fly swat for use before you go to air!!" a fourth person wrote.

Canada’s Global News host, Farah Nasser, barely flinched as the fly buzzed into her mouth as she continued to read her script without a sweat.
Twitter / @globalnews

Well, unlike Nasser, politician Doug Ford was utterly shocked when a bee decided to swarm right into his gob at a news conference.

“Holy Christ, I just swallowed a bee!” Ford, 57, was heard saying. 

Immediately realising that the clip would go viral, he added: "This is going to be played over and over again."

He later laughed: "Man, he went right down the hatch."

Commenting on the viral moment, one person said: " know I'm late to the punch, but I just said 'the bees are going extinct because doug ford can't stop eating them' and my grandma thought it was SO funny."

Another added: "I was stung on my arm by a bee on Sunday and I'm still itchy, uncomfortable, and swollen, and I basically do not understand how Doug Ford got away with swallowing one."

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Featured Image Credit: Twitter/@globalnews

Topics: News, Viral