Sky News was just interrupted by a child asking for biscuits

John Plunkett. Updated July 1st, 2020

You wait ages for a TV news channel to be interrupted by a child – well, actually you don’t wait that long, but anyway – and then it happens twice in one day.

There was this lovely moment on BBC News earlier today.

ABSOLUTE SCENES ON THE BBC NEWS CHANNEL pic.twitter.com/hvu9iWkkIz

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 1, 2020

And then this happened to journalist Deborah Haynes as she was broadcasting from home on Sky News.

ABSOLUTE SCENES ON SKY NEWS pic.twitter.com/EkdJTinkTW

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 1, 2020

Wonderful.

Sky News: “David Cameron says…”

Son: “Can I have two biscuits?” pic.twitter.com/ZFQ2y99ATK

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 1, 2020

Think the BBC probably handled it a bit better. Why didn’t he ask what the biscuits were?

She was multi-tasking just fine and had resolved the whole thing. Did he really cut off the interview at the point when the biscuit negotiation had already been concluded?

— Samira Ahmed (@SamiraAhmedUK) July 1, 2020

He knew what he was doing – gaining leverage in the snack negotiations. If mum hadn't been on the telly, he'd have ended up with a piece of fruit. Two biscuits – great result.

— Barnaby Patchett (@barnabarian) July 1, 2020

Here’s what Deborah had to say later.

Thank you for the lovely comments after my son’s impromptu appearance mid-live-broadcast. I can confirm that his high-stakes negotiating skills netted him two chocolate digestives https://t.co/OQRGiMNih2

— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) July 1, 2020

And news anchor, Mark Austin.

I was keen to stay with it and find out which was the biscuit of choice ….but international affairs beckoned https://t.co/18ZkeiryMz

— Mark Austin (@markaustintv) July 1, 2020

Source @scottygb