Moment TV news anchor swallows a FLY live on-air

This is the bizarre moment a news anchor swallowed a fly live on-air – but carried on presenting despite ‘feeling it fluttering in the back of her throat.’ 

Farah Nasser, who is a Global National anchor in Canada, shared footage of the ordeal on Twitter.

In the footage, she begins to introduce a story about Pakistan’s flooding.

But her facial expression changes as she gulps and grimaces, struggling to swallow down a fly.

She said of the now-viral clip, which has racked up more than 100,000 views:  ‘Sharing because we all need a laugh these days. Turns out it’s not just @fordnation, I swallowed a fly on air today. (Very much a first world problem given the story I’m introducing).’

 But her facial expression changes as she gulps and grimaces, struggling to swallow down a fly

Speaking to CNN about the moment later, she admitted that she could feel the bug ‘fluttering’ in the back of her throat’ and said that it was stuck.  

Despite the situation, she carried on presenting the segment that she was introducing. 

In a separate interview on ET Canada, she explained in more detail how the situation unfolded. 

Before she began to present, she had seen the fly in the studio but was only worried that it would cover the camera lens. 

However, the fly was suddenly in her throat and she had to quickly pass over to the reporter. 

She said of the clip going viral that she was happy to make people laugh, even though it was at her expense. 

It comes after Ontario Premier Doug Ford, whom she mentioned in her tweet, last month swallowed a bee live on air.

Farah said of the now-viral clip, which has racked up more than 100,000 views: ‘Sharing because we all need a laugh these days. Turns out it’s not just @fordnation, I swallowed a fly on air today. (Very much a first world problem given the story I’m introducing)’