The moment during Thursday’s episode of Hannity on Fox News quickly went viral on social media.
Getting caught on a live mic or camera when you’re not expecting is every media person’s worst nightmare, and that reality came to pass for Sean Hannity on Thursday night.
Fox News host Sean Hannity failed to realize that television cameras were back on following a commercial and was subsequently caught on TV vaping.
The Fox News commentator seemingly missed his cues about coming back from commercial break, and when cameras rejoined his show, he was wearing glasses and sucking on a vape pen. Hannity isn’t even looking at the camera, he’s looking down at something in his lap, likely his phone.
You can actually hear someone quietly saying “Sean, Sean” to, you know, tell him he’s supposed to be on camera. And while it takes a few seconds, he eventually looks up. Startled, and rips the pen out of his mouth and turns to face the camera. Looking shocked, he tries to regain his composure but could only say what was on his mind.
“Uh oh,” he said before trying to pivot back to whatever he’s actually supposed to be doing on camera.
Fellow presenter, Laura Ingraham, teased Hannity about getting caught sucking on a vape by calling it “cute.” She added:
“Oh wait, am I on camera right now?” Ingraham teased as she drank from a water bottle. “Oh, hi.”
She added, “It happens to the best of us, Hannity. I mean, those little moments are cute, those are in the forever reel of the real Hannity — like, we want to know you.”
The show continues, with Ingraham giving him a hard time for the flub as they hand off the live broadcast. But the real reactions were had on Twitter, where the video quickly made the rounds.
Cutting right at the “uh oh” really sells this one.
Curtis Houck tweeted: “OMG, Hannity just had his Gutfeld/peeing moment – he lost track of time during the last break, so he was still wearing his glasses and smoking a Juul. (Sorry for the jump cut at the 0:10 second mark during “Villain of the Day” — Snapstream recordings were switching to Ingraham).”
Watch the video below for more details:
Source: AWM
