2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
Robert Kelly, specialist in political affairs in Asia, was detailing via Skype for BBC News the situation in South Korea after the removal of President Park Geun-hye.
Suddenly, her 4-year-old daughter Marion enters her room in the apartment in the South Korean city of Busan, interrupting the talk. After a few seconds her 8-month-old son James appears on the map. As they say on these occasions, the rest is history.
The video in which Kelly is rescued from the situation by his wife Kim Jung-A, who grabbed their two children, apologized and closed the door, has been viewed more than 16 million times on the BBC News channel on YouTube..
On the British news channel Facebook page, he has been viewed more than 21 million times.
The couple has broken their silence on Tuesday. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Kelly cannot yet believe the international impact of the "domestic incident."
“I made a small mistake that has made my family YouTube stars. It is quite ridiculous”, he expressed in the interview
The "comedy of errors," as Kelly himself describes it, started when he forgot to close his office door. His wife was in the living room with the children, recording the television appearance on her cell phone. He suddenly realized that his daughter Marion was on screen, and then James. "It was chaotic," Kim acknowledged.
Marion "was in a very good mood, because a school party took place that day," recalled Kelly, who once ended the connection, emailed BBC News apologizing for the fact.
The channel's response was immediate: there was no need to ask for forgiveness and how would you like it if the video was repeated in other editions of the news.
After doubting it, Kelly accepted, and during the following days he was forced to disconnect his cell phone due to the constant interruption of calls and emails by international media.
In addition to laughter, the video also sparked controversy when many viewers assumed that Kim was the children's nanny, when in fact she is the wife of the professor of political science at Busan University.
Tomorrow the family plans to offer a press conference in Busan due to the constant attention of the local media to their video, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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