The Hazards of Live TV: #25,110

I’ve seen a lot of crazy things happen on cable news. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen the wrong guest show up on the satellite for a segment as this Sky News report documents happened when Michael Wolff unexpectedly popped up on the BBC…

As the interview began, Mr Wolff at first remained silent when the presenter introduced him as Ben Walker, baseball editor for the Associated Press.

But when his silence was put down to a mere technical error, the embarrassing blunder became clear.

When asked if he could hear, Mr Wolff replied: “You know what it’s even a worse situation than that, because I am not Ben Walker and I know nothing about baseball.”

He began to speak again, but was cut off by the presenter who said: “I beg your pardon we seem to have the wrong guest”, before moving quickly on to a story about the women’s world cup in Germany.

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