BBC interviewee interrupted by his children live on air
Kelly’s daughter bounds right into the room without a care in the world, while dad gives her the stiff arm to prevent any more shenanigans.
“There’s a first time for everything”, Mernendez says at the end of the interview, according to the Daily Mail. “The lesson is to lock the door”.
The network also noted that no such incidents have occurred with Kelly when he has appeared on one of their programs.
At this point, Prof Kelly seemed unable to answer the questions with the chaos unfolding behind him.
During the segment, Kelly, clad in a suit jacket and tie, was weighing in on how South Korea has responded to its president, Park Geun-hye, being impeached on Thursday.
His two children burst into the interview and stole the show.
The woman scooped up the children and hustled them out of the room.
The older child can be heard shouting: “Oww, mummy!” After all, they just made daddy famous. Just TRY watching her & her baby brother without LOLing!
Kelly’s own domestic crisis then went from bad to worse when a baby can be seen rolling in on a walker to join in on the fun.
Since the clip has gone viral, social media has been awash with users in hysterics at the event.
Robert has only replied to a handful of tweets, thanking someone who commented that he was a “damn good Korea analyst”.
But Kelly, who has a Skype studio set up in his home office, suffered what work-from-homers fear most – the pouring-in of one’s domestic life…
Sometimes global politics takes a back seat to even more important issues – like your adorable kids demanding attention on live TV.