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2017 - UK - Audience Puzzled by BBC Presenter Jon Sopel's "Magic Gloves" - 28/1/17
- Published_at:2017-01-28
- Category:Entertainment
- Channel:Blue Global
- tags: 2017 BBC BBC World BBC News Jon Sopel Jon Sopel magic gloves hands magic gloves continuity mistake error puzzled audience presenter frost winter White House Donald Trump Donald Trump bizarre odd news Editor North American North America
- description: (Mirror, 28 Jan 2017) - People have been left confused by this BBC presenter's hands. When you watch the video, you'll see why. His hands appear to be magic. The bizarre clip shows BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel talking about Donald Trump. Sopel says in his piece that it's "hard to believe" it was just a week ago that the inauguration took place, and mentions that there's a real "energy" in Washington as the 45th President of the United States begins his four-year term. More interesting than Trump, for many, is that one moment Sopel's hands are uncovered, the next, gloved. Like most good presenters, Sopel expressively moves his hands as he talks. Some have joked about Sopel's hands being magic. It's more likely that the BBC just did a few takes, and Sopel had got a bit chilly. Still, it's an amusing continuity error, something not often seen on the BBC. We noticed it thanks to Russell Joyce on Twitter, where people have been enjoying the slip up. Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bbc-reporter-baffles-viewers-weird-9709829 __________________________________________________ BBC replies: (BBC News, 29 Jan 2017) - BBC North America editor Jon Sopel has revealed the mystery behind a "glove trick" that left viewers confused. Reporting from Washington on President Trump for Friday's News at Ten, Sopel showed an un-gloved hand as he spoke. But a moment later, he was wearing a pair of brown gloves. The Sun newspaper described the move as "magical" and one viewer tweeted: "does @BBCJonSopel moonlight as a sleight of hand magician in his spare time!?" But Sopel said he had briefly slipped his glove off so he could unlock his mobile phone using fingerprint recognition. "I would love people to think I'm a magician," he said. "What happened is that I needed to pull out a quote from Trump - I realised my phone had gone off and took my glove off to quickly activate it." There was a small lectern out of shot where he could place his glove and put it back on later, explained Sopel. "The fact is it was bloody cold in Washington," he said. Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38786229 __________________________________________________
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