During Live Story On Motorcycle Safety, Reporter Knocks Over New Motorcycle

God bless whoever came up with this idea. You’ve got a reporter doing a story on a new motorcycle safety course. She’s clearly inexperienced but she did pass the course. So why not have her put on a leather jacket and ride up to the camera in an expensive, new Harley motorcycle while on live TV? What’s the worst that can happen?

Don’t worry though. The worst didn’t happen to WXII12’s Stephanie Berzinski. The worst would probably have been if she rode the motorcycle screaming into a giant gas tank next to a puppy orphanage. That didn’t happen, thankfully. However, she certainly didn’t have an easy time getting off the bike once she got it to the camera, eventually knocking the whole thing to the ground.

Physically Berzinski was fine but she was definitely embarrassed, trying her best to get through the rest of the segment and then writing this note on her Facebook page:

“Dear Everyone: Thank you for your thoughts and concerns! But I am A-Okay! :) Maybe a bruised ego…lol but other than that totally fine. I have to laugh this one off. Yes, I am forever embarrassed and yes I was totally mad at myself, but hey-that’s live TV for you. Mistakes happen. Obviously. Either way I still passed and have my motorcycle endorsement. I think I’m gonna start off with a Vespa. P.S. the motorcycle is fine too. If it’s one thing I CAN do it’s gracefully fall.”

Well, good on her for taking it with good humor. And maybe the next time when her producers suggest she goes hang gliding to report on Memorial Day festivities or actually jumps for a segment on a newly opened bungee facility, she will politely decline.

Watch the clip below:

(h/t TV News Insider)