Oops! Kyra Phillips' Girl Talk Airs Live Over Bush on CNN

newsbusters.org ^ | August 29, 2006 | Megan McCormack

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Oops! Kyra Phillips' Girl Talk Airs Live Over Bush on CNN

Posted by Megan McCormack on August 29, 2006 - 14:38.

Looking for a "passionate, compassionate, great, great" man? Well, according to CNN’s Kyra Phillips, they do indeed exist. During CNN’s live coverage of President Bush’s remarks from New Orleans, Phillips was unaware that her microphone was on and picked up portions of a conversation she was having with another woman. At 12:49pm EDT, those listening carefully could hear Phillips praise her husband:

Phillips: "Yeah, I’m very lucky in that regard with my husband. 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."

Phillips also inadvertently revealed how she feels about her sister-in-law:

Phillips: "..Brothers have to be, you know, protective. Except for mine. I’ve got to be protective of him...Yeah. He’s married, three kids, but his wife is just a control freak."

Video clip (1minute 38seconds): Real (2.6MB) or Windows Media (3.06MB), plus MP3 audio (478KB)

The full transcript is behind the cut [including one vulgarity]:

[Dracian]

Phillips: "..Brothers have to be, you know, protective. Except for mine. I’ve got to be protective of him...Yeah. He’s married, three kids, but his wife is just a control freak."

I predict a chill in the air at the next Thanskgiving get-together.

[Doctor Raoul]

RAOUL: Kyra, could you hear us while you were in the bathroom?

KYRA: No, why?

RAOUL: Well we could hear you and it sounded like someone was pouring a bucket of water from a third story window...

[Doctor Raoul]

I think S.I.L. is telling her brother, "You get your sister on the phone NOW..."

[cripplecreek]

I'm starting to like this woman. Apparently it's not the first time she has spoken her mind.

Kyra bashes france

[Scarchin]

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ICE-FLYER]

I am sure that Thanksgiving and Christmas with the family this year will be wickedly funny :) Especially if that "control freak" is around.

[saganite]

It's definitely a good thing she was feeling good about her hubby today. Otherwise---

[af_vet_rr]

lol. That could have been so much worse. Kind of weird to have a liberal woman complimenting her husband.

[wideawake]

She's not a liberal.

[af_vet_rr]

Yes indeed. I was just about to correct myself. Apparently she's made some comments in the past about some campaigns, etc., that would lead one to believe she's not a liberal.

[wolfcreek]

Those damn wireless mics!

[nctexan]

Good thing that the breakfast bean and egg burrito had not kicked in yet...

[outfield]

This instantly reminded me of a similar scene from "The Naked Gun."

I like how CNN claimed it was "audio difficulties." Interesting, that seemed like a huge screw up and some catty comments from a reporter. Maybe that's just my take. Well done Kyra and CNN.