Random Most Embarrassing Instances of Famous People Forgetting Their Mic Was On (20 items)

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  (#1) CNN Anchor Interrupts President's Speech with Personal Baggage

  In 2006, CNN's Kyra Phillips gained momentary fame for making a big mistake when she forgot to switch off her mic in the bathroom. Her live mic caught a whole conversation with another woman where she insulted all men except for her husband. She also referred to her brother's wife as a control freak. This all played right over President George W. Bush's Hurricane Katrina anniversary speech. Oopsie!
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  (#2) Donald Trump Accidentally Reveals His Rapey FlirtingTactics

  On October 7, 2016, The Washington Post published details of a recording of Donald Trump having a very rapey conversation with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush just before appearing on Days of Our Lives in 2005. The conversation, which Trump didn't know was recorded, begins with The Donald saying, “I moved on her and I failed. I’ll admit it... I did try and f*ck her. She was married." The tape was recorded not long after Trump married Melania. 

  Upon noticing Days star Arianne Zucker, with whom Trump acted in his scene, Bush said “Your girl’s hot as sh*t, in the purple."

  Trump replied, “Yes! The Donald has scored... I’ve gotta use some tic tacs, just in case I start kissing her.. You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful. I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.”

  “Whatever you want,” replied someone, probably Bush. 

  “Grab them by the p*ssy. You can do anything,” Trump declared, failing to specify how you grab someone by a cavity. 

  Trump responded to the publication of the conversation by saying, among other things, "Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close." Memo to Trump: Hillary Clinton is running for president. Not Bill. Hillary. 
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  (#3) Jesse Jackson Says He Wants to 'Cut Obama's Nuts Out' Before Fox News Interview

  In a 2008 anti-Obama outpouring caught on tape by Fox News before an interview on health care, Jesse Jackson vented some of his frustrations. He accused President Barack Obama of talking down to Black people and said he wanted to "cut his nuts out." This spread across the media like fire, prompting an apology from Jackson. Obama never responded to Jackson's hot mic slip-up or apology.  
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  (#4) Chris Matthews Creeps on Melania Trump During MSNBC Broadcast

  During MSNBC's 2016 coverage of Donald Trump's primary victory speech in Indiana, Chris Matthews was caught on a live mic making some repulsively sexist comments about Melania Trump.  MSNBC co-anchor Brian Williams quickly cut to a commercial. Matthews received widespread criticism for being sexist and creepy, but that's nothing new for him. He's been making crude comments about women for years. 
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  (#5) News Anchor Utters String of Profanities on His First Day, Is Immediately Fired

  A.J. Clemente was momentarily famous in 2013 for having officially the worst day on the job ever. A few seconds into his first telecast forNBC affiliate KFYR in Bismarck, ND, the rookie news anchor cursed up a blue streak and was immediately suspended. He didn't realize his mic was on. Clemente released an apology, but that didn't do him any good. The station fired him. 
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  (#6) Britney Spears Makes an Embarrassing Announcement

  In 2009, Britney Spears accidentally made a big mistake during a performance in Tampa, FL. After concluding a song with a dramatic finish, and in the midst of booming applause, she complained into her mic that she was having a wardrobe malfunction. She exclaimed her vagina was "hanging out" so loud that she could be heard over the excited audience. 
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  (#7) Barack Obama Gossips About Benjamin Netanyahu at the 2008 G20 Summit

  President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were caught talking smack about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the G20 Summit in 2008.  They were unaware that the mics in their meeting room had been turned on and that reporters could hear them from the outside. Sarkozy called Netanyahu a liar. Obama didn't come to his defense. He replied: "You’re tired of him? What about me? I have to deal with him every day.” Ouch!
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  (#8) Ronald Reagan Jokes About Bombing Russia Before a Radio Address in 1984

  It's been decades since President Ronald Reagan made a joke about bombing Russia while testing his mic before a scheduled radio address in 1984. Reagan's joke greatly unnerved many people, considering his militaristic approach to the USSR and the fact that the Cold War was at its height. Reagan's approval ratings took a hit and put his reelection in question. It was by no means the first time his sense of humor got him into trouble. 
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  (#9) Carly Fiorina Says Barbara Boxer's Hair Is 'So Yesterday' Before Interview

  The morning after winning the California Republican Senate Primary in 2010, Carly Fiorina messed up real bad with a petty comment about her opponent, incumbent Senator Barbara Boxer. During preparations for an interview with a CNN affiliate, Fiorina was caught laughing at Boxer's hairstyle to her aides. She lost even more points with the people of California by trying to laugh it off and saying that criticizing female politicians' looks "goes with the territory" on Fox News. Ultimately, Fiorina lost to Boxer. 
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  (#10) David Cameron Caught Talking Smack About Other Countries at Queen's Birthday Party

  Before an international anti-corruption summit in 2016, British Prime Minister David Cameron was caught telling the Queen of England that the other countries in attendance were "fantastically corrupt." The conversation took place during her 90th birthday celebration at Buckingham Palace. As if that wasn't bad enough, he singled out specific countries, Afghanistan and Nigeria, as being especially corrupt. 
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  (#11) Justin Bieber Throws a Today Show Tantrum

  Justin Bieber let loose during a Today show performance in 2015. Why? The cameraperson was focusing on the Biebs's face rather than his feet, making his dancing totally pointless. According to Bieber, he might as well "not have danced at all." After realizing his mic was live, Bieber clammed up.
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  (#12) Reporters Roast Sarah Palin After CSU-Stanislaus Speech

  In 2010, Sarah Palin gave a speech at CSU-Stanislaus. While the night was plagued with several difficulties, at the end of the speech, a hot mic managed to catch reporters tearing her apart. They also compared her speech to a poorly written college paper stuffed with unnecessary quotes.
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  (#13) George Bush and Dick Cheney Insult New York Times Reporter

  During a Labor Day event in Illinois in 2000, Bush and Cheney got caught talking sh*t about a veteran New York Times reporter. Despite being mic-ed up and surrounded by reporters, Bush's mood soured when he saw Adam Clymer in the audience. Bush called the journalist "a major-league assh*le." Cheney agreed. Yikes!
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  (#14) Actor Reveals Secret of Living a Long Life

  Ernest Borgnine, the veteran actor who passed away in 2012, had a career that spanned decades. Unless you are a fan of classic film or TV, you probably know him as that guy who won an Emmy at the age of 92 for being on ER or maybe as the voice of Mermaid Man on SpongeBob. In 2008, he was asked about his secret to looking so young on Fox News. After playing coy, he leaned over and whispered into the reporter's ear the true source of his youth: self-love. 
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  (#15) Joe Biden Drops an F-Bomb During the Signing of the Affordable Care Act

  Vice President Joe Biden is famous for two things: doing whatever he wants and loving ice cream. In 2010, however, he put his foot - not cookies and cream - in his mouth after telling President Barack Obama that passing his controversial bill to overhaul health care was "a big f*cking deal." While he tried to muffle it by whispering very quietly at the White House signing ceremony, the mics still picked it up on live TV. 
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  (#16) Barack Obama Calls Kanye West 'a Jackass'

  That's right. President Barack Obama called rapper Kanye West a bad word on video. In 2009, following West's famous "Swiftus interruptus" speech at the MTV Video Music Awards, Obama was accidentally caught calling the rapper "a jackass" in an off-the-record comment during a CNBC interview. Obama never apologized and stood by his original comment years later. 
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  (#17) George W. Bush Had Some Choice Words for the UN at the 2006 G8 Summit

  President George W. Bush is famous for saying stupid things, but at a lunch meeting during the 2006 G8 Summit in Russia, he took it to the next level. When he spoke with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, they clearly didn't realize the mic in the room was capturing their candid chat about the Middle East and Christmas presents. Speaking about the United Nations and their handling of the militant Islamic group Hezbollah's growing power, President Bush said, "see, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this sh*t and it's over."
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  (#18) Two Senators Caught Calling President Donald Trump Crazy

  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) were caught discussing President Donald Trump on a hot mic after a Senate subcommittee hearing on July 25. The hearing was on the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee agenda, and took up budgetary issues.

  "I think - I think he's crazy," Reed said referring to the President. "I mean, I don't say that lightly and as a kind of goofy guy."

  "I'm worried," Collins responded.

  They went on to discuss the craziness of Trump's proposed budget, and the sexism aimed at Collins by a fellow senator. 
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  (#19) Hillary Clinton Caught Talking About Donald Trump with Chris Matthews

  During a town hall meeting in Illinois in 2016, a hot mic picked up Hillary Clinton and MSNBC's Chris Matthews speculating on why New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would endorse Donald Trump. Clinton also criticized the media for focusing on Donald Trump and referred to him as "a dangerous presence."
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  (#20) Nigel Hayes Compliments a Stenographer at a Press Conference

  While a lot of people are caught saying things that are embarrassingly dumb or offensive on hot mics, college basketball star Nigel Hayes was probably the first person ever to get caught saying something adorable. In March 2015, he sat down for an interview with some of his fellow players at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. When he saw 43-year-old stenographer Debra Bollman in the crowd, he whispered, "God, she's beautiful," to a teammate. The whole room heard it. After realizing his mic was on, Hayes lost it. 

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