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CNN `Live From...' the Ladies Room
By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer

Wed Aug 30, 12:57 AM

NEW YORK - Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's "Live From...," unwittingly upstaged President Bush's speech in New Orleans with on-the-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother _ all live from a CNN ladies room.

Unaware that her wireless microphone was "live" during her break, Phillips could be heard overriding Bush's prepared address Tuesday as he was seen marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The Atlanta-based Phillips, in conversation with an unidentified woman in an echoey room, dismissed most men with a vulgar term, but called herself "very lucky in that regard. My husband is handsome and he is genuinely a loving _ you know, no ego _ you know what I'm saying? Just a really passionate, compassionate, great, great human being. And they exist. They do exist. They're hard to find. Yup. But they are out there."

A few moments later, she observed that "brothers have to be, you know, protective. Except for mine. I've got to be protective of him."

Why? "His wife is just a control freak."

At that point, another voice cut in: "Kyra."

"Yeah, baby?" replied Phillips on hearing her name.

"Your mike is on. Turn it off. It's been on the air."

CNN anchor Daryn Kagan, looking flustered, then broke into the telecast with a recap of what Bush had been saying.

Phillips later apologized to viewers "for an issue we had with our mikes" and "for a little bit of an interruption there during the president."

CNN issued its own official apology "to our viewers and the president for the disruption," and apologized to the White House.

In a subsequent statement, CNN explained the mishap as "a technical malfunction with the audio board. We're addressing how this happened and why it was not more promptly corrected on air."

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Oh yes....nothing like a good Naked Gun, Police Sqaud moment.

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Bet the holidays in her family will be strained!

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Oh yeah and I figured that you would like this Sparky- I know how you feel about talking in the restroom!

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Yes....no talking....eyes straight ahead.....no breathing....




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I record the Sunday church sermons to my laptop, then make them into mp3 files and put them on the website.

One Sunday afternoon, I was listening to what I had recorded, editing out the extra stuff, and getting it ready to put up on the web. During the scripture reading, I could hear this weird noise. After a bit, I thought, that sounds like a sink running so I went back and listened again. Sure enough, it was our pastor, going to the bathroom. Hey, at least he washed his hands!

The place where I pull audio off the sound board is always live to his mic. Fortunately, his mic was turned down on the sound board to keep it from going out to the congregation, but it got recorded. I didn't include the scripture reading in that week's sermon file.



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LOL! That would have been horrible if the mic was playing in the church! Had God on your side on that one!

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I got a long voice mail on my cell phone from someone who was talking to someone in a mans bathroom. I know who it was- it was my friends boyfriend. Somehow my # was dialed and I heard EVERYTHING.....from the unzipping to the peeing to the toilet flushing. It went on for a long time so I know it wasn't on purpose. I never mentioned it cuz it's too embarrassing to say, "Hey- I heard you go to the bathroom....."

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LOL that is hysterical- did you end up hanging up or get disconnected? Did you tell her?

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I was disconnected- it wasn't live thank God. No, I never had the heart to tell her. I deleted it. I should've had her listen. She would've thought it was hysterical....

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I am sorry I missed this, at least she can laugh about it!

Flushing CNN Anchor Goes on Letterman
By Associated Press

5 hours ago

In this photo released by CBS, Cable News Network ...

NEW YORK - CNN anchor Kyra Phillips, whose ladies room chatter found its way onto her newscast, bounced back two days later with a "Top 10 List" of excuses on the "Late Show with David Letterman."

The mishap had happened Tuesday when Phillips, still wearing her wireless microphone, visited the loo while CNN aired President Bush's speech from New Orleans. For a minute or so her voice commingled with his, as she was heard telling an unidentified woman how great her husband is, then mentioned that her sister-in-law is "a control freak." Only then was she alerted that her mike was live.

How could such a thing happen? A game but still embarrassed-looking Phillips set Letterman (and his CBS audience) straight _ or at least, left them laughing.

Top Ten Kyra Phillips Excuses Presented by CNN Anchor Kyra Phillips:

10. "Still haven't mastered complicated On/Off switch."

9. "Larry King told me he does this all the time."

8. "How was I supposed to know we had a reporter embedded in the bathroom?"

7. "I honestly never knew this sort of thing was frowned upon."

6. "Couldn't resist chance to win $10,000 on 'America's Funniest Home Videos.'"

5. "I was set up by those bastards at Fox News."

4. "Oh, like YOU'VE never gone to the bathroom and had it broadcast on national television!"

3. "I just wanted that hunky Lou Dobbs to notice me."

2. "OK, so I was drunk and couldn't think straight."

1. "You have to admit, it made the speech a lot more interesting."

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