White House reporter startled by frisky little lizard during CNN live shot
During an early morning TV appearance on Friday, CNN White House reporter Abby Phillip got a surprise guest in the form of a lizard that snuck up to say hello.
Besides appearing startled for a moment, you have to hand it to Phillip for largely keeping her composure and not running away screaming like I would have done. Of course, Phillip has faced down far larger lizards so it's not a surprise she handled this incident well.
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And she played the whole thing with a laugh even when viewers started chiming in.
Literally my nightmare just happened on live tv, nbd https://t.co/YabYSM3a1U
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) April 19, 2019
“i don’t think *it’s* ok, but i’m fine” is a pretty badass line https://t.co/Z80EvoJcPN
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) April 19, 2019
@abbydphillip deserves combat pay this morning.
Abby vs. Lizard 🦎
Abby vs. Huge Umbrella ☔️
Cc: @NewDay @ChrisCuomo @davidgregory @JeffreyToobin— Dawn Young-McDaniel ♿️ (@justdawn_) April 19, 2019
I wish I could have played it off but I was terrified! 😂 https://t.co/8QRbnqwb4h
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) April 19, 2019
Phillip was reporting from West Palm Beach where President Trump is spending a leisurely holiday weekend following Thursday's release of the highly-anticipated Mueller Report. So the brazen lizard attack is just a warm-up for what should be an interesting weekend.
And, in case you were worried about the lizard's well-being, don't be: It's fine.
The lizard is fine, it slithered off unscathed. (I was an eyewitness) https://t.co/CMXTvWT2FV
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) April 19, 2019
Just another day in the surreal fever dream that is 2019.
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