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But other great examples include the Anchorage reporter who quit at the end of her segment with an ad-libbed “**** it,” or an anchor in Philadelphia letting their “playful jabs” at a meteorologist reach the level of high school bullying.

Anchor vs. Yet, nearly 20 years later, those 14 seconds remains her greatest claim to fame.

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Once upon a time that kind of mistake would have existed only for the live audience, and maybe on a few VHS copies in the area.

We must allow ourselves to admit that every so often, things that bring us joy or laughs or good vibes are from…the heterosexual community.

It’s also one of history’s best queer culture contributions. FAIL!!youtu.be

“Falling down” as a category, does often involve an anchor or reporter slipping, tripping, or otherwise falling (e.g.

But other than that, it would have passed on and been quickly forgotten. A simple, but embarrassing mistake, made so, so much worse/funnier by the fact that it happened on live TV.

It must have been terrifying for Izaguirre, who was just getting started in the competitive field of TV news. That’s right. But the ultimate example remains the Connecticut anchor who decided to playfully eat a handful of spilled grape nuts off the floor…only to realize they are definitely not grape nuts.

“Cracking up,” tends to be the most wholesome, as when Mika Brzezinski learned, on air, what a “furry convention,” was.

She was reporting for the Albuquerque and Santa Fe Market, for KOAT Action 7 News, broadcasting to hundreds of thousands of homes, and a notable slip-up like that would be sure to get her bosses’ attention, and had the potential to derail her budding career.

Fortunately Izaguirre was talented and personable enough that it didn’t come to that.

Funny! That’s no longer the case.

but hes gay mt everest

It’s Bill O’Reilly being violently incapable of understanding the phrase “play us out,” when recording an episode of Inside Edition. It was the perfect, professional intonation for entirely the wrong word. When you need to keep a straight face, any corny joke or slightly funny image can break through the composure and reduce broadcast professionals to fits of irrepressible giggling while they try to pull themselves together.

These are just people at their jobs, with all the mundane frustrations and in-fighting of a workplace stewing beneath the surface.

But the most distilled form of the news blooper—the ones that explain both why these clips are so appealing to weirdos like me, and why they must be nightmares for the people involved—are the “letting loose” clips.

Sometimes being queer in a cruel world means we can get wrapped up in ourselves, always taking time to note and appreciate the things in our lives and community that are positive, or special. “Grape lady”), but it also includes technical difficulties, and—of course—slips of the tongue a la Cynthia Izaguirre.

It’s anything that can go wrong and give an anchor or reporter that moment of surprise, or embarrassment—followed by the struggle to recover.

Inspired by Beyoncé (straight) graciously releasing an album for all of us to “gay out” (technical term) to at future parties, I’ve decided to return the favour, and delve into one of my favourite things a straight person has ever done.

But, I think it’s important to occasionally touch down to earth. Straight people can and do contribute to our lives in important ways.

“Right after the break, we’re going to interview Erik Weihenmayer, who climbed the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, but he’s gay—I mean, he’s gay, excuse me, he’s blind.”

Back in the early 2000’s a young news anchor in New Mexico had a slip of the tongue on live TV that has enterred the annals of news blooper history.

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Cynthia Izaguirre had just gotten done reporting on a separate story discussing activism for gay rights, and was setting up a segment with the first blind man to climb Mount Everest, and her thoughts got twisted on the way to her mouth, resulting in a 14-second clip that would live on in infamy.


It’s such a simple moment, but—especially out-of-context—it’s hard not to laugh at the emphasis she puts on the word “gay,” as the big twist in the headline.

In 2020 this category has evolved to include loved ones and pets interrupting the at-home broadcasts.