BBC Reporter Grabs Lady's Boob on Live TV

[moedookie]

[Laffy Kat]

1. It looks more like he was just shooing her away.

Not sure the boob thing was intentional.

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2. yeah, he was just manhandling her.

[Laffy Kat]

4. I agree it was manhandling. nt

[elmac]

7. it was a feel and he should have been slapped across the face

and given a good, swift kick in the azz.

[WoonTars]

3. Yeah, that's not actually what happened...

...look at the video, as she attempted to interrupt his interview he reached out to move her away and his hand landed on her breast accidentally...

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9. i would agree that it wasn't done in an sexual way, but

if it wasn't deliberate is was certainly gross negligence.

i think normal people allow a considerable buffer around that area to avoid accidents.

it would have been easy to reach out at shoulder level instead of breast level, to stick out his arm without pressing into her, to angle the palm any direction other than directly into her breast....

my take was that it was deliberately done as a non-verbal way of saying "f--- off". designed not to merely block her or suggest she leave but to make her uncomfortable staying.

[Hortensis]

14. He looked too focused to notice or care. As for

"manhandling," well I guess that depends on one's definition. He's apparently a man and we could see his hand was involved in shooing her away.

[berksdem]

5. fake news

[luvMIdog]

8. He wasn't looking straight ahead when he did it he was looking directly at her when he did it

To me it looks like he looked before placing his hand exactly there. Doesn't look like an accident to me

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[Equinox Moon]

11. It is an unfortunate mistake. He was fully engrossed in his interview.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I think he just reached out

to push her away with his fingertips. I think it was reflex, and when he
realized where his hand was going just pushed the side of her jacket
where boobs are located. He was concentrating on the other guy speaking.

She was smiling, the politician says "just give us a minute" to her ... did he
know her? Like she's an aide, or with him at least. Then she swipes the reporter,
or smacks him on the arm.

[OnDoutside]

17. Probably reaching for her arm, and just got a handful instead.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. He looked at her when he reached for that area with his hand cupped.

[zentrum]

15. I see him...

....as grabbing her lapel. Not sure he'd deliberately grab her breast in full view of man he's speaking to and of cameras. It landed inadvertently, in my view.

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. Headline should read 'reporter touches jacket of rude interrupter' (There's nothing here,

it is clearly a non incident.