BBC Weatherman Accidentally Flips The Bird On Live TV (But Clearly Feels Really Badly About It)

Apparently the Russians aren’t the only ones with itchy middle fingers. Yesterday morning on BBC News, anchor Simon McCoy made a joke at the expense of weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker who promptly gave him the middle finger. Unfortunately, that’s just around the point that the folks in the control booth decided to cut to Schafernaker for a reaction shot. And thus, a great YouTube classic is born.

There are two great things in this video that aren’t the finger itself. First is the reaction Schafernaker makes when he realizes he’s on the air. The guy looks like a 13 year old boy who just got caught by his parents looking at naughty pictures on the internet. The second is McCoy’s save. The guy responds with the Sahara Desert dryness of the best British comedians. Perfect. Meanwhile, the BBC has apologized.

By the way, I want to apologize to anyone who read the headline, thought England, and assumed the video depicted the weatherman literally lifting a woman up and flipping her over. That is not the case. Although, having done some research on Schafernaker, I’m pretty sure he probably could.

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