did that seriously just happen well that
does happen every once in a while that
can’t be good
now welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 awkward moments in live TV
history right now pussy for this list
we’re taking a look at offensive
humiliating and downright shocking
incidents that were captured on live TV
catching everyone off guard we’ve
excluded moments that were initially
released on the internet like Michael
Bay’s breakdown at Samsung’s press
conference excuse me I’m sorry I’m sorry
okay number 10 Martin Short slate wipe
the Today Show
but you’re still like in love madly in
love why shoot I’m cute
in 2012 Martin Short dropped by The
Today Show to promote Madagascar 3
things started cheerfully as funny man
short discussed his family with Kathie
Lee Gifford and Hoda copy the interview
suffered great turbulence however when
Kathie Lee asked short about his
enduring marriage to Nancy Dolman he and
Nancy have got one of the greatest
marriages of anybody in show business
how many years now for you guys we
married 36 years apparently Kathie Lee
didn’t get the memo that Nancy had
passed away from ovarian cancer two
years earlier hey guys before we go on I
Martin just told me as he was leaving he
said Kathy probably didn’t know but his
beautiful precious wife Nancy did pass
away short was courteous enough not to
tell Kathie Lee about his wife’s
departure on air but behind a smile we
can clearly see the poor guy’s grief so
my apologies to him and his family for
not realizing that but he’s still he’s
one of the waiters he is number nine Tom
Hanks dropped the f-bomb Good Morning
America yes we have we have mic issues
oh that one Tom Hanks is such a clean
cut every man that it’s actually hard to
imagine him casually swearing but the
truth is every person occasionally lets
an f-bomb slip most mostly in swear
words on this 2012 episode of Good
Morning America Hanks channeled one of
his many characters from Cloud Atlas he
got a little too into character though
and uttered one of the seven words you
can’t say on TV I want people who bought
me Hanks immediately apologized to the
audience and made fun of himself it’s
awkward for sure but few actors could
play it off better than Hanks I have
never done that before I would apologize
to the kids in America that are watching
this right now and let me say next time
on the show there will be a seven second
delay
number eight Geraldo finds nothing in Al
Capone’s vault the mystery of Al
Capone’s vaults what secrets lie hidden
inside Al Capone’s vault find out when
we open it on live television
Al Capone was one of the most notorious
and iconic gangsters in American history
when Geraldo Rivera hosted a live
special unveiling the contents of
Capone’s secret vault in 1986
approximately 30 million people tuned in
to see what treasures awaited and nobody
knows what’s in it
the spoils of a vast criminal empire the
bodies of his enemies whatever in the
ultimate anticlimax Rivera and his crew
found exactly nothing I’m disappointed
about that as I’m sure you are this is
one time in my life that pot of gold
would have been a lot more fun than
chasing the rainbows with no pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow
Rivera apologized to the audience
half-heartedly sang a song and slinked
off in defeat I promised all the critics
that we didn’t find anything I’d sing a
song so Chicago Chicago that toddlin
town all right I’m going I’ll see ya to
date the blunder has been mocked in
popular culture mercilessly number seven
the Balloon Boy interview Larry King
Live millions watched on live television
as a weather balloon flew high over the
skies of the state he reported his
six-year-old may have been inside the
balloon boy hoax took America by storm
for about five seconds in 2009 when
Richard and Mayu mohini allegedly
released a gas balloon that unbeknownst
to them had their sons falcon inside
later that date the six-year-old boy was
found hiding in his house but he was
hiding out because he thought you were
gonna punish him for something that
happened earlier in the day did he hear
anything did he hear you screaming out
Falken Falken when Wolf Blitzer
interviewed the family Falcon revealed
that his parents had cooked up this
entire ruse as a publicity stunt for his
show in exchange for his 15 minutes of
fame Pappa Heaney was sentenced to 90
days in jail and paid tens of thousands
in restitution
Richard Heaney pleaded guilty and
apologized for orchestrating the
incident last October that captivated
the nation now if only Falcon could
really fly away from his parents
clutches guys told me it was for some TV
show so that’s what he was number six
samuel l.jackson or Lawrence Fishburne
KTLA morning news
what Super Bowl commercial we all get
certain celebrities mixed up white black
or other when you’re an entertainment
journalist though you need to get all
the facts straight especially when
you’re doing live TV in this 2014 KTLA
morning news interview Sam Rubin
accidentally confuses Sam Jackson with
fellow African American actor Laurence
Fishburne you as crazy as the people on
Twitter that was my fault you know what
we don’t all look alike
while Reuben tried to make peace and
move on Jackson wasn’t willing to let it
go oh what’s in your wallet black guy
okay here’s the car black guy there it
is Morgan Freeman is the other credit
card if these two had been in the same
building Jackson probably would have sat
Ruben down and started quoting the Bible
in furious anger and I’m really
embarrassed about it and I very much
apologized to Samuel Jackson and anyone
else who was offended for what was a
very amateur mistake number five Kanye
West crashes Taylor Swift’s VMA speech
the MTV Video Music Awards no Taylor I’m
really happy for you I’m let you finish
Kanye’s had his fair share of
uncomfortable TV appearances like that
time he dissed george w bush on a
Hurricane Katrina telethon George Bush
doesn’t care about black people but the
rapper broke new ground for jackassery
at the 2009 VMAs when Taylor Swift won
the award for Best Female
do unable to fathom the idea that
Beyonce’s single ladies didn’t win
Kanye jumped on stage stole Swift’s mic
and proclaimed that his beloved Beyonce
was the true victor but Beyonce had one
of the best videos of all time Kanye was
subsequently booed offstage and removed
from the ceremony this move was so dumb
even President Obama couldn’t contain
his opinion seems like perfectly nice
person she’s getting her award
fortunately Taylor got her happy ending
later that night I remember being 17
years old up for my first MTV Award with
Destiny’s Child and it was one of the
most exciting moments in my life so I
like for Taylor to come out and have her
moment number 4 Sinead O’Connor tears up
the Pope’s photo Saturday Night Live we
have confidence
seeing how Saturday Night Live is well
live the late-night variety show has
inevitably produced a few controversial
unscripted moments you know what you
stood up for yourself and I’m lucky for
that the program hit a particularly
rocky speed bump in 1992 when Sinead
O’Connor appeared as the musical guest
protesting sexual abuse in the Catholic
Church O’Connor sang Bob Marley’s war
acapella and held up a photo of pope
john paul ii after ripping the photo
into shreds she implored audiences to
fight the real enemy at least SNL would
never have a musical moment this awkward
again number three the Ashlee Simpson
lip-syncing incident Saturday Night Live
in 2004 Ashley Simpson was booked as
SNL’s musical guest
although Simpsons pieces of me went off
without a hitch
things got muddled with her second song
instead of singing autobiography as
planned the vocals for pieces of me
started to play again before Simpson
even opened her mouth on a Monday caught
lip-syncing Simpson tried to salvage the
performance with an awkward dance then
shamefully walked offstage
as embarrassing as the ordeal was it
didn’t stop Simpson from returning to
Saturday Night Live a year later with no
complications I’m Jon Heder and I’m
hosting SNL with Ashley Simpson Ashley
says she’s really excited she’s saving
her voice for the show number two it I
quit the Anchorage 11k TVA news
I said out loud
anybody who’s lost passion for their
work has likely fantasized about
quitting in a blaze of glory
speaking of blazes Charlo Greene got to
live the dream when she quit her job as
a reporter for K TV a news after
reporting on the Anchorage Alaska
Medical Marijuana organization the
Alaska cannabis club Green revealed
herself as its owner and said she had
decided to put less time into journalism
and more into legalizing marijuana now
everything you heard is why I the actual
owner of the Alaska cannabis club will
be dedicating all of my energy toward
fighting for freedom and fairness rather
than giving her bosses two weeks notice
she came out and said exactly what was
on her mind and I was for this job well
but I have a choice but I quit greens
now former colleague was at a loss for
words we will be right back me a pardon
for us before we drop our jaws at our
top pick here are some honorable
mentions well guy Cooney is the editor
as a technology website to news Wireless
hello good morning to you it’s really
cool because it records much more
accurately but oh shit
oh my god five Morning News start over
there and it starts right now so you’re
going to do a spoken word for us now
right right
number one Janet Jackson’s wardrobe
malfunction Superbowl 38
the final score of Super Bowl 38 was an
afterthought hell we bet you don’t even
remember who played all anyone recalls
is the events legendary halftime show as
Justin Timberlake joined Janet Jackson
on stage the two icons performed a duet
of rock your body towards the song’s
conclusion Timberlake reached out and
tore off a piece of Jackson’s clothing
exposing her right breast it was visible
for less than a second but the boob seen
round the world resulted in a public
outcry almost 10 years later the
incident now known as Nipplegate is
still the defining wardrobe malfunction
the infamous incident prompted the FCC
to find CBS $550,000 do you agree with
our list the type is all off sorry but
I’ll just wing this what live TV moment
left you speechless for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
fight the real enemy
does happen every once in a while that
can’t be good
now welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 awkward moments in live TV
history right now pussy for this list
we’re taking a look at offensive
humiliating and downright shocking
incidents that were captured on live TV
catching everyone off guard we’ve
excluded moments that were initially
released on the internet like Michael
Bay’s breakdown at Samsung’s press
conference excuse me I’m sorry I’m sorry
okay number 10 Martin Short slate wipe
the Today Show
but you’re still like in love madly in
love why shoot I’m cute
in 2012 Martin Short dropped by The
Today Show to promote Madagascar 3
things started cheerfully as funny man
short discussed his family with Kathie
Lee Gifford and Hoda copy the interview
suffered great turbulence however when
Kathie Lee asked short about his
enduring marriage to Nancy Dolman he and
Nancy have got one of the greatest
marriages of anybody in show business
how many years now for you guys we
married 36 years apparently Kathie Lee
didn’t get the memo that Nancy had
passed away from ovarian cancer two
years earlier hey guys before we go on I
Martin just told me as he was leaving he
said Kathy probably didn’t know but his
beautiful precious wife Nancy did pass
away short was courteous enough not to
tell Kathie Lee about his wife’s
departure on air but behind a smile we
can clearly see the poor guy’s grief so
my apologies to him and his family for
not realizing that but he’s still he’s
one of the waiters he is number nine Tom
Hanks dropped the f-bomb Good Morning
America yes we have we have mic issues
oh that one Tom Hanks is such a clean
cut every man that it’s actually hard to
imagine him casually swearing but the
truth is every person occasionally lets
an f-bomb slip most mostly in swear
words on this 2012 episode of Good
Morning America Hanks channeled one of
his many characters from Cloud Atlas he
got a little too into character though
and uttered one of the seven words you
can’t say on TV I want people who bought
me Hanks immediately apologized to the
audience and made fun of himself it’s
awkward for sure but few actors could
play it off better than Hanks I have
never done that before I would apologize
to the kids in America that are watching
this right now and let me say next time
on the show there will be a seven second
delay
number eight Geraldo finds nothing in Al
Capone’s vault the mystery of Al
Capone’s vaults what secrets lie hidden
inside Al Capone’s vault find out when
we open it on live television
Al Capone was one of the most notorious
and iconic gangsters in American history
when Geraldo Rivera hosted a live
special unveiling the contents of
Capone’s secret vault in 1986
approximately 30 million people tuned in
to see what treasures awaited and nobody
knows what’s in it
the spoils of a vast criminal empire the
bodies of his enemies whatever in the
ultimate anticlimax Rivera and his crew
found exactly nothing I’m disappointed
about that as I’m sure you are this is
one time in my life that pot of gold
would have been a lot more fun than
chasing the rainbows with no pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow
Rivera apologized to the audience
half-heartedly sang a song and slinked
off in defeat I promised all the critics
that we didn’t find anything I’d sing a
song so Chicago Chicago that toddlin
town all right I’m going I’ll see ya to
date the blunder has been mocked in
popular culture mercilessly number seven
the Balloon Boy interview Larry King
Live millions watched on live television
as a weather balloon flew high over the
skies of the state he reported his
six-year-old may have been inside the
balloon boy hoax took America by storm
for about five seconds in 2009 when
Richard and Mayu mohini allegedly
released a gas balloon that unbeknownst
to them had their sons falcon inside
later that date the six-year-old boy was
found hiding in his house but he was
hiding out because he thought you were
gonna punish him for something that
happened earlier in the day did he hear
anything did he hear you screaming out
Falken Falken when Wolf Blitzer
interviewed the family Falcon revealed
that his parents had cooked up this
entire ruse as a publicity stunt for his
show in exchange for his 15 minutes of
fame Pappa Heaney was sentenced to 90
days in jail and paid tens of thousands
in restitution
Richard Heaney pleaded guilty and
apologized for orchestrating the
incident last October that captivated
the nation now if only Falcon could
really fly away from his parents
clutches guys told me it was for some TV
show so that’s what he was number six
samuel l.jackson or Lawrence Fishburne
KTLA morning news
what Super Bowl commercial we all get
certain celebrities mixed up white black
or other when you’re an entertainment
journalist though you need to get all
the facts straight especially when
you’re doing live TV in this 2014 KTLA
morning news interview Sam Rubin
accidentally confuses Sam Jackson with
fellow African American actor Laurence
Fishburne you as crazy as the people on
Twitter that was my fault you know what
we don’t all look alike
while Reuben tried to make peace and
move on Jackson wasn’t willing to let it
go oh what’s in your wallet black guy
okay here’s the car black guy there it
is Morgan Freeman is the other credit
card if these two had been in the same
building Jackson probably would have sat
Ruben down and started quoting the Bible
in furious anger and I’m really
embarrassed about it and I very much
apologized to Samuel Jackson and anyone
else who was offended for what was a
very amateur mistake number five Kanye
West crashes Taylor Swift’s VMA speech
the MTV Video Music Awards no Taylor I’m
really happy for you I’m let you finish
Kanye’s had his fair share of
uncomfortable TV appearances like that
time he dissed george w bush on a
Hurricane Katrina telethon George Bush
doesn’t care about black people but the
rapper broke new ground for jackassery
at the 2009 VMAs when Taylor Swift won
the award for Best Female
do unable to fathom the idea that
Beyonce’s single ladies didn’t win
Kanye jumped on stage stole Swift’s mic
and proclaimed that his beloved Beyonce
was the true victor but Beyonce had one
of the best videos of all time Kanye was
subsequently booed offstage and removed
from the ceremony this move was so dumb
even President Obama couldn’t contain
his opinion seems like perfectly nice
person she’s getting her award
fortunately Taylor got her happy ending
later that night I remember being 17
years old up for my first MTV Award with
Destiny’s Child and it was one of the
most exciting moments in my life so I
like for Taylor to come out and have her
moment number 4 Sinead O’Connor tears up
the Pope’s photo Saturday Night Live we
have confidence
seeing how Saturday Night Live is well
live the late-night variety show has
inevitably produced a few controversial
unscripted moments you know what you
stood up for yourself and I’m lucky for
that the program hit a particularly
rocky speed bump in 1992 when Sinead
O’Connor appeared as the musical guest
protesting sexual abuse in the Catholic
Church O’Connor sang Bob Marley’s war
acapella and held up a photo of pope
john paul ii after ripping the photo
into shreds she implored audiences to
fight the real enemy at least SNL would
never have a musical moment this awkward
again number three the Ashlee Simpson
lip-syncing incident Saturday Night Live
in 2004 Ashley Simpson was booked as
SNL’s musical guest
although Simpsons pieces of me went off
without a hitch
things got muddled with her second song
instead of singing autobiography as
planned the vocals for pieces of me
started to play again before Simpson
even opened her mouth on a Monday caught
lip-syncing Simpson tried to salvage the
performance with an awkward dance then
shamefully walked offstage
as embarrassing as the ordeal was it
didn’t stop Simpson from returning to
Saturday Night Live a year later with no
complications I’m Jon Heder and I’m
hosting SNL with Ashley Simpson Ashley
says she’s really excited she’s saving
her voice for the show number two it I
quit the Anchorage 11k TVA news
I said out loud
anybody who’s lost passion for their
work has likely fantasized about
quitting in a blaze of glory
speaking of blazes Charlo Greene got to
live the dream when she quit her job as
a reporter for K TV a news after
reporting on the Anchorage Alaska
Medical Marijuana organization the
Alaska cannabis club Green revealed
herself as its owner and said she had
decided to put less time into journalism
and more into legalizing marijuana now
everything you heard is why I the actual
owner of the Alaska cannabis club will
be dedicating all of my energy toward
fighting for freedom and fairness rather
than giving her bosses two weeks notice
she came out and said exactly what was
on her mind and I was for this job well
but I have a choice but I quit greens
now former colleague was at a loss for
words we will be right back me a pardon
for us before we drop our jaws at our
top pick here are some honorable
mentions well guy Cooney is the editor
as a technology website to news Wireless
hello good morning to you it’s really
cool because it records much more
accurately but oh shit
oh my god five Morning News start over
there and it starts right now so you’re
going to do a spoken word for us now
right right
number one Janet Jackson’s wardrobe
malfunction Superbowl 38
the final score of Super Bowl 38 was an
afterthought hell we bet you don’t even
remember who played all anyone recalls
is the events legendary halftime show as
Justin Timberlake joined Janet Jackson
on stage the two icons performed a duet
of rock your body towards the song’s
conclusion Timberlake reached out and
tore off a piece of Jackson’s clothing
exposing her right breast it was visible
for less than a second but the boob seen
round the world resulted in a public
outcry almost 10 years later the
incident now known as Nipplegate is
still the defining wardrobe malfunction
the infamous incident prompted the FCC
to find CBS $550,000 do you agree with
our list the type is all off sorry but
I’ll just wing this what live TV moment
left you speechless for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
fight the real enemy
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