Technical glitch on BBC Breakfast leaves reporter ‘sounding like Minnie Mouse’
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BBC Breakfast sports activities report might have been mistaken for a morning cartoon after a technical glitch left a reporter sounding like “Minnie Mouse”.
News correspondent Shaimaa Khalil was reporting stay from Melbourne, Australia, on issues in regards to the viability of the Commonwealth Games when a sound downside developed, making her voice sound high-pitched and robotic.
Unaware of the issue, she continued along with her report however was interrupted by sports activities presenter Mike Bushell, who was again within the studio.
He instructed viewers: “Apologies for the technical problems there, this is a developing story and we will have more of that throughout the morning on Breakfast.”
One viewer wrote on Twitter: “#bbcbreakfast loving that a sound error turned the reporter’s voice into Minnie Mouse during a live report.”
Australia’s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games on account of the price of the occasion breaching estimates by round 5 billion Australian {dollars} (£2.5 billion).
The authentic funds for the video games was estimated to be round 2.6 billion {dollars} (£1.3bn) however ballooned to almost triple that.