'Absolutely mortified!' BBC presenter Ben Boulos opens up on going viral after blunder
BBC Breakfast's Ben Boulos revisited one of his most embarrassing moments of his career admitting he was mortified after assuming a guest was disagreeing with his when in fact their head tremors were caused by a brain condition called Dystonia.
On November 5 last year the host welcomed Teresa Wickham, an expert on "shrinkflation" via Zoom via video link but the chat went viral for all the wrong reasons and Ben adressed the issue on the latest edition of the show when he caught up with the expert in discuss her condition.
Introducing the segment he confessed to co-host Sarah Campbell he was "mortified" after the moment. "The thing about this job that we do is that if you say something wrong in a firmly, put your foot in it, it can very easily go viral.
"And a little while ago, you and I were here when I introduced a guest on Zoom, and saw her shaking her head and I took that to be her disagreeing in disbelief. I mentioned it, and she very gently explained to me she actually had a brain condition that caused her to have involuntary muscle spasms, causing her head to shake.
"I was so embarrassed by it. I was so mortified, and it went everywhere," he recalled.
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Ben Boulos has admitted his embarrassment after a BBC Breakfast moment went viral (Image: BBC)Sarah acknowledged he had been "really upset" by the incident but pointed how how Teresa and Ben had dealt with it was "brilliant."
The show then cut to a film of Ben meeting up with Theresa to discuss the moment and her condition. As they sat on a bench chatting Ben confessed to her: "I'm slightly dreading reliving this moment," as they showed the clip again.
"I was, I can't tell you how embarrassed I was about that, and you were so gracious, and you were so kind," he told Teresa.
She was equally gracious on this occassion telling him: "No, I was more worried about it for you, because it has happened to me before, and it was great because it was live so I could explain it, because people often comment about my nodding head.
"But I must say, what I was absolutely staggered by was the response," she confessed.
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Following his chat with Teresa he show also welcomed experts on the condition to explain what it is and raise awareness.
Viewers felt empathy for Ben in the awkward situation and took to X to share their thoughts.
"I felt sorry for ben #BBCBreakfast," one wrote. Another agredd commenting: "Bet that made him feel awkward #bbcbreakfast."
A third viewer was glad they weere adressing the topic chiming in: "I'm so happy to hear them talking about Dystonia on the news this morning. #dystoniaawareness #bbcbreakfast @BBCNews." Meanwhile a fourth acknowledged: "I'd never heard of it before .. #BBCBreakfast."
BBC Breakfast is on BBC One daily at 6am.
'Absolutely mortified!' BBC presenter Ben Boulos opens up on going viral after blunder
'Absolutely mortified!' BBC presenter Ben Boulos opens up on going viral after blunder
'Absolutely mortified!' BBC presenter Ben Boulos opens up on going viral after blunder
'Absolutely mortified!' BBC presenter Ben Boulos opens up on going viral after blunder
'Absolutely mortified!' BBC presenter Ben Boulos opens up on going viral after blunder
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