Of all the embarrassing things that could happen to a presenter on live TV, accidentally giving away an expensive holiday must rank pretty highly.
As US host Michael Strahan found out when he made that exact error during his show Live With Kelly and Michael earlier this week.
The over-eager presenter put his foot in it during a phone in quiz with a viewer, Kelly Copeland – who had to correctly answer one question about actor Jeremy Renner, a guest on the show earlier that week – to win the trip to Puerto Rico.
When asked ‘What sport did Jeremy say he once taught as a part time job?’ – Copeland repeated the word ‘sport?’ as if double checking what had been asked.
Except Michael, having misheard her, assumed she had given the correct answer, which was ‘bowling’ – and swiftly awarded her the prize before realising what he had done.
It’s OK though, because… Read the full story