News correspondent panics as wasp lands on her face during live broadcast
ITV news reporter Sara O'Kane fought off an invasive wasp that landed on her face during her live television broadcast on Wednesday night.
O'Kane came face-to-face with the insect as she was finishing her report on a triple murder investigation for UK's ITV channel in Northern Ireland, according to a video on social media.
3 Sara O'Kane fought off an invasive wasp on live television Wednesday night.
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The wasp first landed on her white shirt before it flew up and sat right on her nose as she finished speaking to the network anchors as part of her sign-off.
O'Kane broke her composure, blinked her eyes and used the paper in her hand to try and swat the wasp away.
The journalist claimed she was unaware that the cameras were still rolling.
'I am now aware that ITN had not cut back to the studio,' O'Kane wrote on X Wednesday night, referring to the news provider for ITV.
'I held it for as long as I could but that wasp was coming for my face. Please don't let this moment take away from the devastating tragedy @UTVNews was reporting on today in Fermanagh.'
3 O'Kane thought she was off-air when she tried to swat at the wasp.
ITV News
O'Kane was reporting on a mother and her two kids being murdered in Northern Ireland when the untimely incident happened on live television, according to ITV.
The clip went viral, receiving over 37,500 views on X as of Thursday morning.
While the insect attack amused many viewers who saw it unfold live on television, some viewers also showed the reporter some grace.
3 The clip of O'Kane's unexpected incident went viral on social media.
ITV News
'I don't think anyone with an ounce of compassion would think you did anything wrong,' one person wrote on X. 'You reported well on a very difficult piece.'
'Saw it live Sara, professional as always. Nature happens,' another person commented.
'Fair play, I would have totally lost it,' a third wrote.
O'Kane is a reporter who covers Northern Ireland as part of Britain's ITV Network, according to the news organization's website.
In recent months, other media personalities have found themselves becoming the story while cameras are rolling.
Last month, an Australian news reporter Lauren Tomasi was reporting on live television when a bullet fired by a Los Angeles Police Department officer struck her in the leg during anti-ICE riots.
Fox News Host Jonathan Hunt was anchoring 'Fox News @ Night' when his guest, former Trump administration official Camryn Kinsey, fainted during a live interview in May 2025.
Kinsey blamed 'severe dehydration' for the shocking on-air emergency.
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