Live TV.
Only for the bravest.
It must be a pain in a television reporter's backside, being told that you're going live.
So many times, something goes wrong. It might never be disastrous or irreparable but it takes a bit of getting out of and it pops up when you're not ready for it - because it's live.
It comes in many forms.
Nick Collins fell off a ladder outside Wembley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=368EQES_3kA
Jim White summed it up perfectly.
Some reporters forget that they're live.
https://twitter.com/MartinCap/status/669230678396035073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Kyle Lafferty could go after your shoes.
https://twitter.com/sniperinthemist/status/738405051564232704
Still beats Deadline Day on the streets.
Louis van Gaal could go after your hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZC5UNxmu3E
Other times, you might just have to put up with Roy Keane live on air.
Adrian Chiles, moody Keane, an interrupted game of football: the perfect storm. Or downpour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuJIYyYDhF4
The worst is going live with Thierry Henry who has decided he's too cool to finish his sentences.
https://twitter.com/KevBeirne/status/764873823854403584
Now Natalie Sawyer is the latest victim.
The Sky Sports reporter is at England's training base all day in St. George's Park and everything was going alright.
https://twitter.com/Gem_Davies/status/770607413414268928
Until those sprinklers in the distance began to activate further up the pitch.
Fortunately for her, the feed cut before the drenching occurred.
https://twitter.com/MRMessenger_/status/770615814890332160
Unfortunately for her, she still got soaked.
https://twitter.com/Gem_Davies/status/770614179346669569
She took it in good spirits though.
https://twitter.com/nataliesawyer/status/770617690843127808
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