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Teammate <a href="/wiki/Shane_Warne" title="Shane Warne">Shane Warne</a> was suspected, but a cameraman confessed.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 22 June 2000, Australian newsreader <a href="/wiki/Marie-Louise_Theile" title="Marie-Louise Theile">Marie-Louise Theile</a> was recorded as calling her husband an "arsehole" during what she thought was a commercial break on <i><a href="/wiki/Ten_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Ten News">Ten News</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During television coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 Canadian federal election</a>, a <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC Television</a> producer covering <a href="/wiki/Stockwell_Day" title="Stockwell Day">Stockwell Day</a>'s campaign was heard on-air making a gratuitous comment about the breasts of <a href="/wiki/Juliana_Thiessen-Day" title="Juliana Thiessen-Day">Juliana Thiessen-Day</a>, candidate Day's daughter-in-law. His words were cut off mid-sentence: "This is Logan Day's wife. I've never met her, but apparently she's got tits that'd stop a—" The producer was forced to apologize.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>After a defeat for <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea F.C.</a> in April 2004, former British <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> manager and commentator <a href="/wiki/Ron_Atkinson" title="Ron Atkinson">Ron Atkinson</a> said of Chelsea defender <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Desailly" title="Marcel Desailly">Marcel Desailly</a>: "He is what is known in some schools as a fucking lazy thick nigger." The microphone was open to some countries in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, with UK broadcasts having already finished. Atkinson was forced to resign his position at <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> and left his role as a columnist at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> by mutual agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mirror_18-07-06_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirror_18-07-06-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In September 2005, during a filming of <i><a href="/wiki/Access_Hollywood" title="Access Hollywood">Access Hollywood</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bush" title="Billy Bush">Billy Bush</a> had "<a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood controversy">an extremely lewd conversation about women</a>" where Trump said "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything ... grab them by the pussy".<sup id="cite_ref-Fahrenthold_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fahrenthold-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> broke the story during the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, in which Trump was the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee, several dozen Republicans renounced their support of Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A series of technical problems on 9 March 2006 forced <a href="/wiki/ESPN2" title="ESPN2">ESPN2</a> to switch from its <i><a href="/wiki/SportsCenter" title="SportsCenter">SportsCenter</a></i> broadcast to that of <i><a href="/wiki/ESPNews" title="ESPNews">ESPNews</a></i>. Caught unprepared by the move, <i>ESPNews</i> broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Danyelle_Sargent" title="Danyelle Sargent">Danyelle Sargent</a> struggled for words, forcing fellow anchor Robert Flores to finish her sentence. After the broadcast cut to taped footage, Sargent was heard exclaiming "What the fuck was that?"<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 8 August 2006, <a href="/wiki/Network_Ten" class="mw-redirect" title="Network Ten">Network Ten</a> sports commentator <a href="/wiki/Dean_Jones_(cricketer)" title="Dean Jones (cricketer)">Dean Jones</a> said "the terrorist has got another wicket" when Proteas fielder <a href="/wiki/Hashim_Amla" title="Hashim Amla">Hashim Amla</a> (the first player from a Muslim background to play <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">test cricket</a> for South Africa) caught <a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sangakkara" title="Kumar Sangakkara">Kumar Sangakkara</a> during a match between South Africa and Sri Lanka. Jones claimed he thought the microphone was off and made prompt formal apologies, but was dismissed from his post.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 29 August 2006, U.S. news channel <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> was broadcasting a live <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> anniversary speech from President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> when the microphone of anchor <a href="/wiki/Kyra_Phillips" title="Kyra Phillips">Kyra Phillips</a> was left on. Around 90 seconds of her casual conversation with another woman was broadcast over CNN's coverage of Bush's speech. During the conversation she discussed her husband, whom she called "a really passionate, compassionate, great, great human being," and her sister-in-law, whom she called a "control freak." CNN apologized to viewers and the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In August 2007, Australian journalist <a href="/wiki/Kerry_O%27Brien_(journalist)" title="Kerry O'Brien (journalist)">Kerry O'Brien</a>, presenter of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_7.30_Report" title="The 7.30 Report">The 7.30 Report</a></i>, was recorded criticising his production staff for a mishap with the <a href="/wiki/Teleprompter" title="Teleprompter">teleprompter</a> while a story was running.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 12 May 2008, as a live news <a href="/wiki/Cold_open" title="Cold open">teaser</a> was played, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Simmons" title="Sue Simmons">Sue Simmons</a> was reportedly heard angrily exclaiming to a co-worker (later revealed to be <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Scarborough" title="Chuck Scarborough">Chuck Scarborough</a>), "What the fuck are you doing?"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She later apologized on-air for her inappropriate language.<sup id="cite_ref-NYDAILY_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYDAILY-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Simmons has said she was attempting to get the attention of Scarborough, who was preoccupied with his computer, but did not realize her microphone was still on.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 14 August 2008, actor <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Borgnine" title="Ernest Borgnine">Ernest Borgnine</a> was interviewed on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> when he was asked about the secret to his longevity. Laughingly Borgnine responded "I don't dare tell you," but then leaned over to whisper into the ear of his interviewer, but the whisper was caught by the microphone; "I masturbate a lot."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 2 March 2009, footage of Dutch news anchor <a href="/wiki/Eva_Jinek" title="Eva Jinek">Eva Jinek</a> asking whether to loosen another button on her shirt (which might reveal too much of her <a href="/wiki/Cleavage_(breasts)" title="Cleavage (breasts)">cleavage</a>) right before a broadcast, while muttering and shouting mild curses in both English and Dutch, was accidentally leaked to and spread on the Internet. She exclaims "Yeah, boobies!" at one point, continuing with, "Mother of God. Yeah, if you have it, flaunt it!" and citing her mother who might tell her: "I can see your breasts!" She responded the next day, saying she was not annoyed nor embarrassed by the leaked video.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Veteran <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> presenters <a href="/wiki/Richard_Keys" title="Richard Keys">Richard Keys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Gray_(footballer_born_1955)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andy Gray (footballer born 1955)">Andy Gray</a> made remarks that a female referee would not understand the complex <a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">offside</a> football rule. This controversy led to Gray being fired and Keys resigning.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During a National Football League (NFL) game on 18 December 2011, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Rams" title="St. Louis Rams">St. Louis Rams</a> offensive lineman <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Dahl" title="Harvey Dahl">Harvey Dahl</a> was assessed a penalty for holding, prompting him to exclaim, "I know you didn't call me for holding! That's not fucking holding!"<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remark was picked up by the open microphone of official <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Boger" title="Jerome Boger">Jerome Boger</a> as he was announcing the holding penalty, and was heard by the stadium and the television audience. Dahl was given an additional penalty for <a href="/wiki/Unsportsmanlike_conduct" title="Unsportsmanlike conduct">unsportsmanlike conduct</a>, but was not fined by the league.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During an NFL game between the Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts in 2012, during a play that produced a penalty flag, referee Tony Corrente was heard over the loudspeakers of Lucas Oil Stadium saying to a fellow official "that was goddammit!", leading to play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan making a public apology on-air, saying "he didn't know his microphone was on."</li> <li>After the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">ABC</a>'s 2014 New Year's Eve telecast of the Sydney fireworks had finished, host <a href="/wiki/Julia_Zemiro" title="Julia Zemiro">Julia Zemiro</a> was caught saying "Oh, thank God".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During a telecast of the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a>, <a href="/wiki/CBC_Sports" title="CBC Sports">CBC</a> commentator <a href="/wiki/Byron_MacDonald" title="Byron MacDonald">Byron MacDonald</a> was caught making an off-hand remark to a colleague discussing the result of the <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_4_%C3%97_200_metre_freestyle_relay" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay">women's 4 × 200 m freestyle swimming relay</a>, stating that a Chinese swimmer "went out like stink, [and] died like a pig." MacDonald and the CBC apologized for the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-apology_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apology-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2020 during a game between the <a href="/wiki/2020_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="2020 Cincinnati Reds season">Cincinnati Reds</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2020 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a>, American broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Thom_Brennaman" title="Thom Brennaman">Thom Brennaman</a> was caught on air calling an unidentified city (which was later revealed to be about <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>) "one of the <a href="/wiki/Faggot" title="Faggot">fag</a> capitals of the world."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brennaman apologized on-air and left the broadcast in the middle of the second game of the doubleheader; the apology later became an <a href="/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">internet meme</a> after Brennaman suddenly interrupted himself to <a href="/wiki/A_drive_into_deep_left_field_by_Castellanos" title="A drive into deep left field by Castellanos">announce that Reds player Nick Castellanos had hit a home run.</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Day_(host)" title="Jim Day (host)">Jim Day</a> provided commentary after the top of the fifth inning, and Brennaman was suspended after the game's end.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 12 January 2022, a leaked <a href="/wiki/Seven_News" title="Seven News">Seven News</a> video showed Australian TV presenter <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Maddern" title="Rebecca Maddern">Rebecca Maddern</a> saying that "Whatever way you look at it, <a href="/wiki/Novak_Djokovic" title="Novak Djokovic">Novak Djokovic</a> is a lying, sneaky, asshole. He got a bullshit fucking excuse and then fell over his own fucking lies" in relation to the <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_Open#Djokovic's_vaccination_and_visa_controversy" title="2022 Australian Open">2022 Australian Open vaccine and visa controversy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 19 October 2022, during a live broadcast of an episode of <i>What Does It Mean</i> on Russian news channel <a href="/wiki/RBK_TV" title="RBK TV">RBC-TV</a>, defense expert <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Pukhov" title="Ruslan Pukhov">Ruslan Pukhov</a> told a TV host that "Everyone knows they [drones] are from Iran but the government doesn't admit that" even before being asked to comment on official Russian authorities' denial<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the Iranian origin of the <a href="/wiki/HESA_Shahed_136#2022_Russian_war_in_Ukraine" title="HESA Shahed 136">Shahed 136</a> UCAVs used in Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pukhov also used the catchphrase "the arse exists, but the word doesn't!" from a <a href="/wiki/Russian_jokes#Vovochka" title="Russian jokes">famous Russian joke</a> to emphasize the absurdity of this situation.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political">Political</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hot_mic&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Political_gaffe" title="Political gaffe">Political gaffe</a></div> <ul><li>At the height of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> in 1984, U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> was about to appear on a radio interview and, as a <a href="/wiki/Soundcheck" title="Soundcheck">soundcheck</a>, said "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. <a href="/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes" title="We begin bombing in five minutes">We begin bombing in five minutes</a>." The comment, while not actually broadcast, did eventually spread via rumor around the world before the audio itself leaked. The moment was even acknowledged by the Soviet government, who expressed their contempt at the joke.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 16 February 1988, <a href="/wiki/NBC_Nightly_News" title="NBC Nightly News">NBC Nightly News</a> anchor <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brokaw" title="Tom Brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a> was finishing up an interview with incumbent <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President of the United States">vice-president</a> <a href="/wiki/George_H.W._Bush" class="mw-redirect" title="George H.W. Bush">George H.W. Bush</a> following Bush's victory in the <a href="/wiki/1988_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="1988 Republican Party presidential primaries">New Hampshire primary</a> that day before interviewing Kansas senator and Senate Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>. Bush closed the interview by wishing Dole and his fellow Republicans good luck in the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a> contests. Brokaw then turned to Dole - who following his win in the Iowa caucus the previous week had been slammed by the Bush campaign as being willing to raise taxes - for a response only for Dole to blurt out, "Yeah, stop lying about my record". Dole's campaign never fully recovered; as he would only win a handful of contests in his native Midwestern region before dropping out after the Illinois primary, while Bush would go on to win the Republican nomination and ultimately the general election.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 16 February 1993, U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> snapped at an aide "Listen, goddamn it. Come here. You can't do that. You can't take me out here with a mayor and a congresswoman and push them back" after a member of his staff tried to prevent District of Columbia Mayor <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Pratt_Kelly" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharon Pratt Kelly">Sharon Pratt Kelly</a> and Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Holmes_Norton" title="Eleanor Holmes Norton">Eleanor Holmes Norton</a> from joining the president walking to a porch for a photo opportunity with construction workers.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1993, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">British Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a>, after an interview with <a href="/wiki/ITN" title="ITN">ITN</a> political editor <a href="/wiki/Michael_Brunson" title="Michael Brunson">Michael Brunson</a>, forgot about the recording equipment. He said it was pointless expelling Eurosceptic <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">Cabinet</a> members as "we don't want another three more of the bastards out there."<sup id="cite_ref-Mirror_18-07-06_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirror_18-07-06-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_29-01-01_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_29-01-01-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Following the <a href="/wiki/1994_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1994 State of the Union Address">1994 State of the Union Address</a>, Ohio congressman <a href="/wiki/Martin_Hoke" title="Martin Hoke">Martin Hoke</a> was preparing to be interviewed for a live broadcast for a local <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> television station. After being outfitted with a microphone by a female producer, Hoke remarked to another congressman that "She's got ze beega breasts" in a mock <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> accent. Although not broadcast live, the remark was recorded and was the subject of a report by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-NYM_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYM-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister of Canada</a> <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chretien" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean Chretien">Jean Chretien</a> was overheard at a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> summit in Madrid while talking with his counterparts from Belgium and Luxembourg saying that U.S. politicians would all be in jail if they worked in Canada or elsewhere, as they all sold their votes.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Just before a campaign speech during his <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush_presidential_campaign,_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2000">2000 presidential campaign</a>, George W. Bush described <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> reporter <a href="/wiki/Adam_Clymer" title="Adam Clymer">Adam Clymer</a> as a "major league asshole" to his running mate <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>, whose response ("big time") was also audible. The media reaction was intense, with news stations repeatedly broadcasting it and the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i> running two pages about the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_29-01-01_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_29-01-01-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bush said of the incident: "I regret that a private comment I made to the vice-presidential candidate made it onto the public airwaves. I regret everybody heard what I said."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During a televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates George W. Bush and <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> during the 2000 presidential campaign, Gore's sighs (in response to some of Bush's statements) were heard through Gore's live microphone. In regard to the incident, Gore was quoted as saying "Both the governor and I have learned lessons about when the microphone is on, and when it's off."<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 11 March 2004, following a satellite address to the <a href="/wiki/AFL%E2%80%93CIO" class="mw-redirect" title="AFL–CIO">AFL–CIO</a>, U.S. presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> turned to one of the union workers he was standing near and said "Oh yeah, don't worry man. We're going to keep pounding, let me tell you—we're just beginning to fight here. These guys are the most crooked, you know, lying group of people I've ever seen." Although being removed by an assistant at the time, Kerry's microphone was still live and captured his statement.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His words were presumed to be directed at his political rivals, the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">U.S. Republican Party</a> and U.S. President George W. Bush. Kerry spokesman David Wade later claimed that Kerry was indeed aware that his microphone was recording and was not referring to Republicans in general but to their use of "crooked, deceitful, personal attacks over the last four years."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2005, French president <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Chirac" title="Jacques Chirac">Jacques Chirac</a> was heard criticizing British cuisine to Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, saying "The only thing that they have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease" and "You can't trust people who cook as badly as that." He was also heard criticizing <a href="/wiki/Haggis" title="Haggis">haggis</a>, saying "that's where our problems with NATO come from", and that British food was the second worst "after Finland".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In February 2006, then-Premier of the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> state of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Morris_Iemma" title="Morris Iemma">Morris Iemma</a>, referring to the recently-appointed CEO of <a href="/wiki/Cross_City_Tunnel" title="Cross City Tunnel">Cross City Tunnel</a> said at a <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Australian_Governments" title="Council of Australian Governments">Council of Australian Governments (COAG)</a> meeting during a break with Victorian Premier Steve Bracks "Today? This fuckwit who's the new CEO of the Cross City Tunnel has ... been saying what controversy? There is no controversy,".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 1 July 2006, a technician did not turn off the audio feed during a closed-door lunch between <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Minister_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Minister of Russia">Russian Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Lavrov" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Lavrov">Sergei Lavrov</a> amongst others. Journalists, on listening to the 20-minute broadcast, referred to the conversation as "bickering" about the <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraqi</a> aid programme.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bush_and_Blair_conversation" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bush and Blair conversation">Bush and Blair conversation</a></b></div></div></div> </div> <ul><li>On 17 July 2006, a private conversation, afterwards known as "<a href="/wiki/Yo,_Blair" title="Yo, Blair">Yo, Blair</a>", between U.S. president <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> and British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> at the <a href="/wiki/G8" title="G8">G8</a> Summit in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg">St. Petersburg</a> was picked up by a nearby microphone. Bush told Blair he hoped the UN would "get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's all over" (referring to Syria's influence over and support of Hezbollah in the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon), and that by doing so, the crisis would be over. This was reaffirmed by the suggestion to "get Kofi [Annan] on the phone with [Bashar] Assad and make something happen." He also stated that Condoleezza Rice would visit the area.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 19 October 2006, during an official meeting with Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Ehud_Olmert" title="Ehud Olmert">Ehud Olmert</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russian president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> was overheard praising Israeli president <a href="/wiki/Moshe_Katsav" title="Moshe Katsav">Moshe Katsav</a> for raping ten employees of his office.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Before a Fox News interview on 6 July 2008, a live microphone picked up <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> whispering to a fellow guest: "See, <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack</a>'s been, ah, talking down to black people on this faith-based. ... I want to cut his nuts out. ... Barack, he's talking down to black people" in an apparent response to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent speeches on values.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In March 2010, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> described the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a> as "a big fucking deal" to President Obama, which was picked up by the microphones.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 28 April 2010, British prime minister <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> was caught on microphone <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election#April" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">describing an encounter with a female voter as a "disaster" and called her a "bigoted woman"</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In June 2010, US Republican Senate nominee from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> <a href="/wiki/Carly_Fiorina" title="Carly Fiorina">Carly Fiorina</a> criticised the hair of her Democratic opponent, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a> when she did not realise her microphone was on during an interview for <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was popular question as to whether this was staged as an attempt to undermine respect for Boxer, or whether it was an honest mistake.</li> <li>On 8 November 2011, a private conversation between French president <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> and U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> was overheard criticizing Israeli prime minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>. Sarkozy branded Netanyahu as a 'liar' and Obama expressed his displeasure with having to deal with Netanyahu on a regular basis.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 26 March 2012, at the tail end of his 90-minute meeting with the outgoing Russian president <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a>, President Obama said that he would have "more flexibility" to deal with controversial issues such as <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">missile defense</a>. He was heard telling Medvedev, "On all these issues, but particularly <a href="/wiki/Missile_defense" title="Missile defense">missile defense</a>, this, this can be solved but it's important for him [Vladimir Putin] to give me space." Medvedev told the president in English, "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you..." and President Obama continued his statement with, "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility." Medvedev responded saying, again in English, "I understand. I will transmit this information to <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (See also the <a href="/wiki/US_missile_defense_complex_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="US missile defense complex in Poland">US missile defense complex in Poland</a>.)</li> <li>On 11 September 2015, Australian immigration minister <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a> shared a joke with Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Tony Abbott</a>, referring to a late meeting as running to "<a href="/wiki/Cape_York_Peninsula" title="Cape York Peninsula">Cape York</a> time", and when Abbott replied that "We had a bit of that up in <a href="/wiki/Port_Moresby" title="Port Moresby">Port Moresby</a>.", Dutton responded with "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door."—a reference to <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a> in the Pacific islands. Social services minister <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> then drew their attention to the boom microphone above their heads.<sup id="cite_ref-dutton_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dutton-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 25 July 2017, following a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">United States Senate Appropriations subcommittee</a> meeting, Maine senator <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a> was caught making disparaging statements about Texas congressman <a href="/wiki/Blake_Farenthold" title="Blake Farenthold">Blake Farenthold</a>. Collins, talking to Rhode Island senator <a href="/wiki/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)">Jack Reed</a>, asks him if he heard about Farenthold wanting to challenge her to a <a href="/wiki/Duel" title="Duel">duel</a>. Reed asserts that the congressman did so because Collins "could beat the shit out of him." She then goes on to call Farenthold a "fat guy, he huge" and "so unattractive, it's unbelievable" and references a photo of the congressman at a costume party in pajamas next to a "<a href="/wiki/Playboy_Bunny" title="Playboy Bunny">Playboy bunny</a>." Farenthold had previously apologized to Collins for his comments about Collins, and the senator, in turn, apologized to Farenthold for hers.<sup id="cite_ref-collins-farenthold_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-collins-farenthold-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 4 December 2019, at a reception at <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> after a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> leaders summit in <a href="/wiki/Watford" title="Watford">Watford</a>, Britain, Canadian prime minister <a href="/wiki/Justin_Trudeau" title="Justin Trudeau">Justin Trudeau</a>, UK Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, French president <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a>, Dutch prime minister <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rutte" title="Mark Rutte">Mark Rutte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Princess_Anne" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Anne">Princess Anne</a> were caught mocking and laughing at US president <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the loud talkative environment, what was audibly caught on camera was only a few seconds of footage from the long-lasting conversation but what was heard was Johnson asking Macron "Is that why you were late?" and Trudeau responding making fun of Trump's "impromptu" press conference earlier that morning in which Trump criticized Macron, "He [Macron] was late because he [Trump] takes a 40-minute press conference off the top." Trudeau further added, "You just watched his [Trump] team's jaws drop to the floor." The comments from Trudeau, who appeared very animated during the conference, prompted laughter from the other world leaders and later caused a media frenzy, leaving many to speculate what else was said about Trump. Trump was photographed afterwards appearing upset upon learning the news and later responded by saying "He's [Trudeau] two-faced... I find him to be a nice guy, but the truth is I called him out on the fact that he's not paying 2% [of national GDP towards defence] and I guess he's not very happy about it."<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trump later had his own hot mics saying it was funny how he called him "two-faced".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 22 April 2020, <a href="/wiki/Vaughan_Gething" title="Vaughan Gething">Vaughan Gething</a>, then the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Health_and_Social_Care_(Wales)" title="Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Wales)">Minister for Health and Social Services</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>, was caught swearing about fellow Labour Member of the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a> <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Rathbone" title="Jenny Rathbone">Jenny Rathbone</a> during a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_House_of_Commons#Use_in_other_legislatures" title="Virtual House of Commons">virtual session</a> of the over <a href="/wiki/Zoom_(software)" title="Zoom (software)">Zoom</a>. After Rathbone had asked the Minister a few questions about the Welsh Government's response to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, he failed to mute his microphone as he told an unknown person, "What the fuck is the matter with her?".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some undisclosed Labour MSs contacted by BBC Wales said they were also "very angry" over Gething's actions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 2 June 2020, while asking Bronx <a href="/wiki/Borough_president" title="Borough president">Borough President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Diaz_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Diaz Jr.">Ruben Diaz Jr.</a> if he could speak at a news conference, New York Representative <a href="/wiki/Eliot_Engel" title="Eliot Engel">Eliot Engel</a> was caught telling Diaz that "if I didn't have a primary, I wouldn't care" about speaking at the event. The comments were criticized by Engel's primary opponent, <a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman" title="Jamaal Bowman">Jamaal Bowman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bowman later defeated Engel in the primary election.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 21 August 2020, at a virtual <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> hearing about the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Postal_Service_crisis" title="2020 United States Postal Service crisis">2020 United States Postal Service crisis</a>, Senator <a href="/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper">Tom Carper</a>, apparently speaking to an aide, said "fuck, fuck, fuck," while his microphone was unmuted.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 14 September 2021, during a session in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">Parliament of Singapore</a> where <a href="/wiki/Free_trade_agreement" title="Free trade agreement">free trade agreements</a> and <a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Singapore_Comprehensive_Economic_Cooperation_Agreement" title="India–Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement">CECA</a> were being debated, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Singapore)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)">Minister for Foreign Affairs</a> of <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vivian_Balakrishnan" title="Vivian Balakrishnan">Vivian Balakrishnan</a> was caught referring to <a href="/wiki/Non-constituency_Member_of_Parliament" title="Non-constituency Member of Parliament">Non-constituency Member of Parliament</a> <a href="/wiki/Leong_Mun_Wai" title="Leong Mun Wai">Leong Mun Wai</a> as "illiterate" in a private conversation with his colleagues. Balakrishnan also questioned how Leong was able to enter <a href="/wiki/Raffles_Institution" title="Raffles Institution">Raffles Institution</a>. Balakrishnan subsequently apologised to Leong in private for the remarks.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 16 September 2021, during a session in the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Brazil)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)">Brazilian lower house of Congress</a>, federal deputy Igor Timo called the president of the Chamber of Deputies, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lira" title="Arthur Lira">Arthur Lira</a>, a "son of a bitch". Attending the session remotely, and not realizing his microphone was recording, deputy Igor said "He won't let me speak again. What a son of a bitch." After the president asked who said that, deputy Igor went on to congratulate a fellow deputy for her work.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 24 January 2022, Fox News White House Correspondent <a href="/wiki/Peter_Doocy" title="Peter Doocy">Peter Doocy</a> asked U.S. president <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> if "inflation is a political liability in the midterms". Biden, not realizing his microphone was still on, sarcastically responded "It's a great asset — more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch." Biden subsequently apologized.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 9 August 2022, following a <a href="/wiki/Hustings" class="mw-redirect" title="Hustings">hustings</a> event being held during the <a href="/wiki/July%E2%80%93September_2022_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" title="July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election">UK Conservative Party leadership election</a>, candidate <a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> and host <a href="/wiki/Tom_Newton_Dunn" title="Tom Newton Dunn">Tom Newton Dunn</a> were both picked up on their microphones, with Truss apologising for attacking the media during the event, and Newton Dunn replying with "it's cheap, and you know it".<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In September 2022, <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">president of South Korea</a> <a href="/wiki/Yoon_Suk-yeol" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoon Suk-yeol">Yoon Suk-yeol</a> was caught on a hot mic allegedly calling members of the <a href="/wiki/US_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="US Congress">US Congress</a> "idiots" during a conversation about US president Joe Biden's plans to increase the American contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Global_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Fund">Global Fund</a>, a move which would require Congressional approval. A presidential spokeswoman denied that Yoon had made any reference to either Biden or the US Congress and that he was instead discussing South Korea's <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(South_Korea)" title="National Assembly (South Korea)">National Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In December 2022, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Prime Minister of New Zealand</a> <a href="/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern" title="Jacinda Ardern">Jacinda Ardern</a> was caught on a live microphone calling <a href="/wiki/ACT_New_Zealand" title="ACT New Zealand">ACT New Zealand</a> leader <a href="/wiki/David_Seymour" title="David Seymour">David Seymour</a> "such an arrogant prick" after answering a question he had asked during a session of Parliament. Ardern's office later stated that she apologised to Seymour.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 11 July 2023, a video of the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore">Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore</a> <a href="/wiki/Tan_Chuan-Jin" title="Tan Chuan-Jin">Tan Chuan-Jin</a>, then-<a href="/wiki/14th_Parliament_of_Singapore" title="14th Parliament of Singapore">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Marine_Parade_Group_Representation_Constituency" title="Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency">Marine Parade GRC</a> who also resigned from both Parliament and the ruling <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Action_Party" title="People's Action Party">People's Action Party</a>, muttering the words "fucking populist" on 17 April 2023 during the debate on the president’s address in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">Parliament of Singapore</a> became viral, in his reaction to a speech made by <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Singapore)" title="Workers' Party (Singapore)">Workers' Party</a> <a href="/wiki/14th_Parliament_of_Singapore" title="14th Parliament of Singapore">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/Sengkang_Group_Representation_Constituency" title="Sengkang Group Representation Constituency">Sengkang GRC</a> <a href="/wiki/Associate_Professor" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate Professor">Associate Professor</a> <a href="/wiki/Jamus_Lim" title="Jamus Lim">Jamus Lim</a>. Speaker Tan had uttered the vulgarity after Lim spoke about the need for an "official poverty line" to help the poor and disadvantaged, as Lim advocated for equal opportunities for education, healthcare and employment for all.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 4 September 2023, following an interview with <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> about the closure of school buildings due to <a href="/wiki/2023_United_Kingdom_reinforced_autoclaved_aerated_concrete_crisis" title="2023 United Kingdom reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis">concerns over the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete</a>, British <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">Secretary of State for Education</a> <a href="/wiki/Gillian_Keegan" title="Gillian Keegan">Gillian Keegan</a> was caught on a live mic remarking "does anyone ever say you've done a fucking good job because everyone else has sat on their fucking arse and done nothing?" before adding "Any sign of that, no?". A Downing Street source criticised the comments as "completely wrong" and Keegan later apologised for the "off-the-cuff" remarks, stating that they were caused by her irritation at the reporter and were not directed at anyone in particular.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hot_mic&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a>, about to go out in front of her largest ever concert audience in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> in 2001, allegedly complained about the organization of her entourage, saying, "Don't tell me that they're just letting the audience just fucking stand out there like that. Oh my God! This is retarded." Her record company denied that it was Spears' voice that was broadcast to the 170,000 in attendance at the <a href="/wiki/Maracan%C3%A3_Stadium" title="Maracanã Stadium">Maracanã</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirror_18-07-06_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirror_18-07-06-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_29-01-01_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_29-01-01-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In March 2005, British King <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> (then the Prince of Wales) was heard saying, "Bloody people. I can't stand that man [referring to <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> royal correspondent <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Witchell" title="Nicholas Witchell">Nicholas Witchell</a>]. He's so awful, he really is." He was heard to say this while posing for photographers with his sons in <a href="/wiki/Klosters" title="Klosters">Klosters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mirror_18-07-06_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mirror_18-07-06-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 4 November 2010, radio host <a href="/wiki/Don_Imus" title="Don Imus">Don Imus</a> was caught on a hot mic mocking an advertisement for the charity <a href="/wiki/Kars4Kids" title="Kars4Kids">Kars4Kids</a> during a commercial break, calling them a "moron" and telling them to "go to hell". Imus apologized the next day for the gaffe.<sup id="cite_ref-noisey-kars4kids_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noisey-kars4kids-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thr-imuskars_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thr-imuskars-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hot_mic&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Media_relations" title="Media relations">Media relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_strategy" title="Media strategy">Media strategy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">Public relations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hot_mic&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Cambridge-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cambridge_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/hot-mic">"hot mic"</a>. 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