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A Channel 5 presenter raised eyebrows after she made various on-air blunders while announcing the death of singer Bonnie Tyler.
The ’80s music legend died this week at age 75, with dozens of tributes pouring in praising her ‘extraordinary’ vocals and sparkling personality, with one person dubbing her the ‘funniest woman alive’.
As news channels rushed to announce the sad development to viewers at home, one presenter, Dani Sinha, ended up delivering a statement filled with errors and awkward moments.
The issues started early as she fumbled over the name of Tyler’s most iconic song, 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, instead calling it ‘Total Of Eclipse’.
‘Singer Bonnie Tyler has died at the age of 75,’ she began before pausing to check her papers, which rustled on the microphone throughout.
She then continued: ‘The Total Of Eclipse star had been previously placed in an induced coma after having emergency intestinal surgery near her home in Faro, Portugal. She was due to tour Europe later this year.’
The segment then cut to Bonnie performing the song, with the well-known lyrics ‘… Now I’m only falling apart.’
Then, however, the camera abruptly cut back to the studio, where Sinha was clearly not expecting to be on air. Instead, she was seen looking stern as she rolled her eyes and shook her head to someone out of sight.
Noticing the camera, she then quickly moved the segment along, bringing the news report back on track.
Fans were left put out by the error-riddled delivery of the news from start to finish.
‘Ouch that’s really bad. If you know they’re cutting back to you, keep it professional. Also, why was her mic still on to hear the papers rustling? Mess ups all round here,’ emmabrainofficial wrote on Instagram.
‘I think the presenter has been let down here.. just unfortunate whilst giving out this news but hey, mistakes happen and we’re all human..’ Tom Barnwell defended.
Many noted that the presenter was likely rolling her eyes at the issues she had faced before the camera cut away.
‘She was totally let down on autocue and the clip. She was frustrated with technical errors,’ Christieamz_photography posed.
‘I think the presenter was just having an off day where everything was going wrong,’ WilliamDyer31 added.
Others noted that exclusively clipping the part of Bonnie’s major hit where she sings ‘now I’m only falling apart’ was also in poor taste, given it was an announcement of her death.
It’s not the only news channel to slip up during a death announcement in recent weeks.
After iconic British artist David Hockney’s death, the 1pm BBC news bulletin showed a graphic on screen which read ‘David Hockney resigns’, which fans immediately picked up on.
Metro has reached out to Channel 5 for comment.