It kind of pays to look before you step. BBC reporter Mike Bushell must have forgotten that rule when he fell into a swimming pool during an interview with the British swim team. Give Mike credit though as he recovered pretty quick and recognized his mistake. He obviously forgot this wasn’t a kiddie pool and did have another level to it. But he was okay and easily laughed it off so everything was kosher. The swim team got a good chuckle out of it as well and didn’t react too much since Mike really wasn’t in any danger. Had he been though you can imagine that he would have been quite safe with that many experienced swimmers to go in after him.
As far as embarrassing moments on TV go this isn’t the worst but it’s the kind of foible that gets noticed for a few minutes and becomes a reason to grill a person for a little while longer so long as they can take it. Mike seemed to laugh it off fairly easily so you can imagine that he’s not the type to get heated about making a mistake. After all it was just a misstep, nothing to worry too much about since it does happen occasionally. At least he wasn’t at the edge of the pool falling in all the way, where there could have really been problems. In truth he picked up quite nicely after this little spill since his mic didn’t even seem to get wet, which allowed him to go on with the interview. That might be talent or just luck, who knows.
As far as being newsworthy one would think that this isn’t too much of a story to go on and they’d be right since it was over and done with in seconds, but it should at least make a future bloopers reel if nothing else. After all it’s important to show the mistakes occasionally, if they’re funny enough that is. This proves that not everyone on the air is as polished and professional at all times as they seem to be, and that they’re only human after all. Mistakes do happen and it’s important to learn how to bounce back from them or you don’t learn anything. For instance, Mike might learn about watching where he steps from now and possibly just do an interview on solid footing where he knows he won’t fall if he takes a wrong step. It’s not a bad thing to fall after all, it teaches you a great lesson about life and how things do tend to happen when you least expect them. It might be a little humiliating but as long as a person can laugh it off then they should be fine.
Being able to laugh at yourself and whatever happens on camera is a valuable skill in any role that a person fills on TV. If you can’t laugh it off then you might need a new profession, or at the very least a slight change of attitude.
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