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Video: BBC reporter falls into pool during live interview

The presenter fails to notice the step and falls into deeper water

In a hilarious incident, sports presenter Mike Bushell fell into a swimming pool during a live interview on BBC Breakfast.
Bushell was preparing to chat to the England Commonwealth Games swimmers sitting on the edge of a pool in Australia's Gold Coast and decided to join for candid conversation. But when he got into the swimming pool as he continued to chat, he missed a step and fell into the water, reported The Gaurdian.
The video shows Bushell talking to swimmers Sarah Vasey, Adam Peaty, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, Ben Proud and James Guy, as he gets into the shallow water saying, "I'm going to be careful because I've got a sound pack on."
However, he fails to notice the step and falls into deeper water, making all the athletes burst into laughter. "All the people here are literally on the floor," Bushell can be heard telling viewers, referring to the off-camera crew.

The interview was cut short as his microphone and sound pack were damaged in the water but Bushell continued to talk. Presenters Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin in the BBC Breakfast studio said, "Mike is carrying on talking but we can't hear him, because a moment ago Mike fell in the water, his pack went in, and he doesn't know we can't hear him now. Bye, Mike, it hasn't been dull."
Adding to the funny moments, Minchin said, "If you were going to set that up, you would imagine that might happen, and it did - live on national television. Mike fell in the pool."
Post the fall in the pool, Bushell said, "I just thought it was a little Jacuzzi or a kids' pool. I didn't realise there was a step there."
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