Between meetings on Tuesday, I stopped off on the New Jersey Turnpike for a late lunch at the Thomas Edison Service Station. With several pieces of Popeye’s chicken before me, I glanced up from my seat at one of the several wall-mounted televisions tuned to CNN and President Bush speaking live from New Orleans.
At some point between a drumstick and a wing, I realized Bush’s wasn’t the only voice being heard on CNN. For a moment I thought Bush was being interrupted by protesters, but there were no cutaways and Bush continued without distraction. Listening closer, I could tell that another audio channel was going over the air, carrying voices that sure didn’t sound like they knew they were on live TV.
Only later did I learn that the other voices commingling with Bush’s were that of CNN anchor Kyra Phillips and another person. Phillips’ wireless microphone was still on, but she thought she was off the air.
She was in the ladies' room.
Although the sounds picked-up from Phillips’ ladies' room visit were nowhere near as mortifying as it conceivably could have been, it certainly left both Phillips (and CNN) red-faced. During her live worldwide impromptu ladies' room broadcast, Phillips described her sister-in-law as "a control freak".
So, how did newswoman Phillips handle what was probably the most embarrassing moment of her professional life? She poked fun at it, and herself, by appearing on "Late Night with David Letterman" and delivering the top 10 reasons for the ladies' room eavesdrop.
Instead of hiding out or acting like it didn’t happen, Phillips was able to laugh at herself. Although she appeared a bit sheepish and embarrassed, going on Letterman showed she wasn’t a prima donna and saw the humor in the incident.
You have to like someone who can rise above a situation like that.
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