The INSIDER Summary:
- A spider crawled on reporter Shannon Murray's arm during a live TV broadcast.
- She kept her cool.
- Murray said later that she didn't realize it was there.
- People are applauding her for her professionalism.
In the middle of a broadcast about protests at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Fox 4 KDFW reporter Shannon Murray had an unexpected guest. A really big spider crawled down her arm and toward her back.
She totally kept her cool. Watch Murray's consummate professionalism below:
Good Day SpiderShe didn't even flinch!! 🕷️🕷️🕷️
Posted by Good Day Fox 4 on Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Murray didn't seem to notice the spider until people on social media told her about it. "AHHHHHH!!!!!! Omg this really freaks me out,"she wrote on Facebook. On Twitter, she also expressed her horror.
WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? https://t.co/TuycZsfQl9
— Shannon Murray (@ShannonMFox4) July 26, 2017😖😖😖
— Shannon Murray (@ShannonMFox4) July 26, 2017
THIS. JUST. HAPPENED. I knew I felt something on me!! 😖 pic.twitter.com/1Xn7YIfp1p
— Shannon Murray (@ShannonMFox4) July 26, 2017Many viewers, though, applauded Murray's professionalism.
"How did you not feel that thing crawling on you?!! #professional,"wrote one viewer in the Facebook comments to the video.
"OMG, poor Shannon! I would have gone straight into the "something's on me omgomgomg get it off" crazy ninja dance!,"wrote another.
Just keep in mind: if a spider ever crawls on you during live TV, no one can really blame you for freaking out.
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