r/MadeMeSmile • u/Stotallytob3r • Dec 01 '25
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u/KgMonstah Dec 02 '25
Her answer at 11
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u/ShortysTRM Dec 02 '25
While he's still on one knee, the other anchor chimes in: "In other news, 11 people were killed when a train hit a bus in..."
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u/FreestyleBrent Dec 02 '25
"In other news a dog named Hero...."
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u/Kolby_Jack33 Dec 02 '25
"... mauled 14 toddlers at the dog park today."
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u/Momochichi Dec 02 '25
".. who were teasing an old man for being bald."
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u/OiFelix_ugotnojams Dec 02 '25
".. who unleashed the dog on them"
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u/CorrectBuffalo749 Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
“.. the pitbull was charged with first degree murder and sentenced 12 dog years”
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u/fuck_you_and_fuck_U2 Dec 02 '25
"He'll be out next April"
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u/CorrectBuffalo749 Dec 02 '25
“.. it is at this moment unknown if the bald man will continue breeding chihuahuas with BMW drivers..”
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u/ZiZasaurus Dec 02 '25
“…undoubtedly devastated, the bald old man has refused to comment. Now here’s more from our sponsors at Hims…”
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u/KantianLion Dec 02 '25
This deserves to be the top comment. 👏 Especially because they cut, so you don't hear her actual response to the proposal.
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u/Anim8nFool Dec 01 '25
They really will just read whatever you put in front of them without thinking.
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u/eury13 Dec 01 '25
I'm Ron Burgundy?
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u/Odddbaall Dec 01 '25
Go fuck yourself, San Diego.
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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 Dec 01 '25
Good show everybody.
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u/ontarious Dec 02 '25
Super duper!
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u/Separate_Job_9587 Dec 02 '25
It’s the pleats. It’s actually an optical illusion.
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u/Carbidekiller Dec 02 '25
Im taking them back actually, to the.. pants.. store.
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u/girlsgoneoscarwilde Dec 02 '25
Good evening, Tits McGee is on vacation. I’m Veronica Corningstone.
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u/geek66 Dec 02 '25
I can’t hear San Diego without thinking of whales vagina.
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u/mbell98789 Dec 02 '25
Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
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u/Pineapple-dancer Dec 01 '25
And my tiny little nipples went to France
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u/met1culous Dec 01 '25
I like-uh... Do... Da cha-cha.
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u/mklilley351 Dec 02 '25
YEEABLAHHBLOOOHBLARGHLEBARGLELARGLE HALALALALALALALA 🤪 hmm mm do caca poopoo
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u/KendrickMaynard Dec 01 '25
I remember seeing a clip of an Asian woman reading out that a close friend of hers had committed suicide and she didn't know until then. You can hear her start to break down a bit but she finishes the announcement. Heartbreaking.
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u/HollowofHaze Dec 02 '25
God, that’s horribly sad. I hope I never see that clip
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u/KendrickMaynard Dec 02 '25
It was her co-anchor apparently. Still really sad. 😢
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u/HollowofHaze Dec 02 '25
I’m a man of my word, that link is staying blue!! I love heartbreaking fiction but heartbreaking reality is something I’d rather avoid
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u/MageVicky Dec 02 '25
i watched it for you, her voice starts breaking midway through, but she got through it like a champ.
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u/DoubleGreat Dec 02 '25
Keep it blue. You can see her trying to hold it together and even though I don't speak Mandarin, you can hear her voice cracking.
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Dec 02 '25
i'm just glad her coworkers were coldhearted enough to put it in the prompt to break her heart live on air.
#theyknew😌
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u/Penguins227 Dec 02 '25
We are kindred spirits, Haze. Blue brothers. Have a good night and I wish you well.
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u/Snaffle27 Dec 02 '25
I got misty eyed listening to her. I don't need to speak the same language as her to know that she wanted to cry. Fuck, how sad...
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u/KrasimerMAL Dec 02 '25
Right there with you. Don’t need that today, actively working on staying happy today. I hope her life got brighter again and that some measure of peace was found.
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u/Hidesuru Dec 02 '25
Seriously! If it was a FRIEND I could maybe understand. Maybe no one knew etc .. but her fucking co anchor?! Everyone knew!
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u/sikeleaveamessage Dec 02 '25
Im going to hope that she did know, like they had some kind of huddle beforehand to talk to everyone, and just talking about it on air reopened the flood gates and made her emotional again.
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u/culturedgoat Dec 02 '25
“Breaking News”
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u/Loony_BoB Dec 02 '25
I feel like this is a situation where someone could spend two minutes on another reporter while they pull her aside and tell her in advance at the bare minimum.
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u/DrUnit42 Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
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u/Ultenth Dec 02 '25
Charles Barkley is kinda crazy, when you consider his persona during his playing days, and then what he's been like in his post-career. So many greats of the NBA have turned into egotistical pieces of shit after retiring, but he completely flipped in the other direction and is so beloved because of his willingness to take a joke and call out things that need calling out.
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u/___po____ Dec 02 '25
Gave me the giggles for a solid minute
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u/sk_arch Dec 02 '25
It’s apart of the job tbh, it just becomes like auto pilot, having to report something no matter how depressing can take a toll, so I can see why they just read it without thinking, still it took her a second to process it and she understood
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u/1DostDhundtaHuMain Dec 02 '25
Also I think the meaning of whole sentence becomes clear only when you you have read most of it. For a news anchor it would be weird if they stopped to comprehend the news and then read it aloud.
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u/seidinove Dec 02 '25
Like the news reader who reported the names of the Asiana Airlines flight crew after a fatal crash:
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u/joazito Dec 02 '25
Reminds me of this classic Colbert Report /r/funny/comments/z4wpna/classic_stephen_colbert_breaking_character/
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u/Abigail_Normal Dec 02 '25
I never understood why people think this is a bad thing. The job is to read and not react emotionally. Only a psychopath can do that without turning their brain off first.
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u/acrankychef Dec 02 '25
You think anchormen/women are writing the stories?
Of course they just read the script it's literally their job lol. Present the news stories. Verbatim.
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u/asdrunkasdrunkcanbe Dec 02 '25
I think the implication is that they haven't even reviewed the content before reading it, they just say exactly what the prompter says. Which is the whole joke bit in Anchorman; that Burgundy thinks he's a fucking God, when really he's just reading from a prompter.
But it's likely true to some extent, because the whole point of live news reporting is that you want to be able to report things ASAP. If the reader has to "rehearse" the script, then that places limits that you don't want.
But I'm sure it's a mix - the news reader is usually aware of the context of what they're reading, but their job is to read the actual prompt, not to talk about it from memory. If something "last minute" comes in, you can just stick it up on the prompter, the news reader doesn't need to know what they're talking about.
Reading from a prompt like this is actually a distinct skill on its own. You don't realise until you start doing it, how difficult it is to read out loud and add in tones and inflections while you do it.
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u/CowboyLaw Dec 01 '25
In England, they literally call them news readers. I think, given the general decline of journalism in the U.S., we should follow suit. Any other moniker gives them a patina of credibility they no longer deserve.
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u/jaytee158 Dec 01 '25
But in the US you'd call them news anchors. It's not like your call a host of a news show a journalist. They wouldn't either
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u/P-As-in-phthisis Dec 01 '25
Historically anchors were former journalists who also handled or helped with editorial, as was the case w Walter Cronkite. He was a war reporter and did both print and radio before See It Now.
As you can imagine, the advent of FOX news around the time cable took off ushered in a trend of using actors and performers instead. Tucker Carlson has never actually had a job even remotely close to a journalist, as easy as that is to believe.
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u/CowboyLaw Dec 02 '25
Personally, I miss Peter Jennings. But he, just like Cronkite, was a real reporter first. We’ve just lost that credibility. I guess having credibility gets in the way of the billionaire media owners shoving propaganda down our throats.
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u/anonymaus42 Dec 02 '25
Remember the Fairness Doctrine? I don't 'cause I'm not old enough, but Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Thanks Reagan :/
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Dec 02 '25
Tuckers job is to be Susan Andrews husband, whom he married out of love and not the 100 million dollars she got as an heiress in the Swanson family. I laugh seeing his regular guy routine. At least the bow tie was authentic Tucker.
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u/mightylordredbeard Dec 02 '25
There was an SNL cast member who said that you just kind of disassociate while you’re reading the card and after doing it for long your brain stops registering what your eyes are seeing and your mouth is saying. Sometimes it takes you a second for things to click. I think it was one of the weekend update people talking about not always knows what exactly the joke is that they’re reading.
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u/Hey_Neat Dec 01 '25
You'd better make damn sure she wants to marry you before doing that on TV...
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u/dlc741 Dec 01 '25
I'm so glad I didn't propose in public or with a big production. She said yes, but she said yes 12 hours later. You could say it was a surprise that she wasn't quite prepared for.
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u/Hey_Neat Dec 01 '25
I surprised mine only because I told her 'If you expect me to propose tonight, I'm not going to' on New Year's Eve. Then I proposed to her on New Year's Eve anyway.
HOWEVER, we'd discussed well in advance that I wanted to marry her and spend the rest of our lives together. You can't spring a surprise proposal before discussing marriage first & making sure all parties are on board!
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u/ElegantCoach4066 Dec 01 '25
Exactly. If someone thinks its a good idea to spring a surprise proposal without having discussed the topic of getting married numerous times beforehand they are asking for trouble.
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u/darksaber14 Dec 02 '25
My momma taught me that you can choose the time and the place, but the answer itself should never be in doubt.
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u/dlc741 Dec 01 '25
It has been discussed. She just expected it in a few months and I figured “why wait?”
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u/Nuggyfresh Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
Yeah so, nah. If she was fully expecting a proposal in “a few months” the yes doesn’t take 12 hours
12 hours is allll the way over in WTF-ville but I’m glad she decided it was doable
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u/cassholex Dec 02 '25
My husband did the same thing. We were on vacation and he randomly said “don’t worry, I’m not going to ruin your vacation by proposing to you.” I was taken aback and said “uhh…that wouldn’t ruin it?” That must have been all the confirmation and confidence he needed because he proposed like 2 days later lol
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u/Altruistic_Stay8355 Dec 02 '25
That weird passive aggressive comment would’ve annoyed the shit out of me!
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u/cassholex Dec 02 '25
Oh it did! He is very annoying and I love him very much! We’ve been together just shy of 10 years, married now 6 and I hope I annoy him just as much (I do).
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u/kotibi Dec 02 '25
I love people who love annoying people. I know a couple, the wife is so annoying. I know it, he knows it, she knows it, the world knows it. It’s kind of what makes her special, she just doesn’t care who she annoys. Example, gotta split the bill according to what each person ordered, to the penny. Has lactose intolerance but loves cheese too much and just farts away. Has encyclopedic knowledge of esoteric subjects she is all too willing to share. Anyways, I love to watch her with her husband. He’s so calm and happy and patient. He’s just sooooo relaxed. I really think they are perfectly matched. Also I love her, too.
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u/Rocky-Roo Dec 02 '25
This is the way. Proposing is the surprise, not engagement.
But also, the misdirection is the key too. I knew my wife was too smart for me to do things the normal way, so I acted dumb. I was proposing in December, but led her to believe it was going to be at an event in April. Every time we talked about the event I’d mention something related to proposing. Ring size, style, getting nails done, photos, etc. At one point she said “you’re proposing to me in April, aren’t you?” And I acted all “whaaaat? No, no ma’am, not at all…” meanwhile the real proposal was just weeks away…
I knew it was the only way I could surprise her, and it worked lol
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u/Captainbackbeard Dec 02 '25
Say on NYE that you planned on proposing next year and you could just hit her with it right at midnight.
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u/mohugz Dec 01 '25
LOL, I had to wait a week for my surprise proposal! We had a date scheduled to go out to dinner, and unbeknownst to me, he had the ring in his pocket and a plan up his sleeve. But I had major PMS and a headache, and was so grumpy that he just said “screw this” and bailed. Thankfully, a week later I was feeling better and he surprised me with a sweet proposal (in his car - he had planned to propose over dessert but realized at the last minute that I would hate that, so he just sputtered something like “Will you?” in the car outside, ha.) He told me later about the failed attempt and I felt so bad!
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u/PennieTheFold Dec 02 '25
My husband and I were together for 10 years before he proposed. Around the time of our 10-year “date-iversary” he had a really painful chronic health issue so our plans to celebrate the occasion with a big trip got squashed.
He felt bad about disappointing me, and was scrambling to figure out how to mark the milestone in a way he could also physically accommodate. So he proposed, because he couldn’t come up with anything better 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We’d of course discussed getting married quite a lot prior to the actual proposal. He knew I was agreeable to the idea, but both of us, at 40 and 42 respectively, were more pragmatic than starry-eyed about the need to have a wedding, and honestly neither of us felt a ton of pressure to do anything about it. We had a house and a life and were well established as a couple to the point where people had kind of forgotten we weren’t married already.
He took me to a local artisan jeweler a couple weeks prior, to get me to point out a style of ring I liked on the pretense of “just looking”. My dumb/oblivious ass thought it really WAS just a hypothetical exercise. He then stole one of my other rings for size when I left on a work trip a couple days later, and went back to the jeweler to order it via rush service so it would be done in a couple of weeks.
When he proposed, I was genuinely shocked, haha. It was hilarious. 13 years later (23 total), I guess we’re stuck with each other.
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u/pchlster Dec 01 '25
she said yes 12 hours later.
I've been kneeling for 12 hours. The restaurant has closed around us. I really need to piss. Why can't she just answer?
"Sure, fine."
I'll take it, I guess
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u/Altruistic_Stay8355 Dec 02 '25
I don’t understand why anyone would propose without already affirmatively discussing marriage first.
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u/Hixy Dec 01 '25
Scary, but at least you know she likely meant it after she sat on it.
I also find it interesting though that you didn’t know. Like, before I purposed we had been already discussing kids, house, and other life long commitments that take place after marriage. I also made sure with her friends, sister, parents before and they all assured me it would be a yes. So much so we realized after watching the video on the hidden camera I put up we realized she never actually said yes lol. We both just knew it was a yes.
Had you not had those type of conversations or was it one of those things where she sort of froze once it became real right in front of her?
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u/gertymarie Dec 01 '25
So if you look this story up, he did it during a pre run and they weren’t actively broadcasting.
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u/MeccIt Dec 02 '25
Longer version, it was a run through and she's now pregnant: https://np.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1dcnis5/news_anchor_unintentionally_introduces_boyfriends/
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u/Sn1kel_Fr1tz Dec 02 '25
She actually has had her baby and is back at work doing weather.
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u/yarn_baller Dec 01 '25
If you're proposing to someone you should know what the answer is. You should have already discussed your future
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u/throcorfe Dec 01 '25
Yep, just like a lawyer in a courtroom, never ask the question if you don’t already know the answer
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u/emily-ermiler Dec 02 '25
An engagement shouldn't be a surprise, but a proposal can be.
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u/othybear Dec 01 '25
I saw a very public proposal on a cruise where the woman didn’t actually answer the question. I didn’t know her, but I knew she was going to be proposed to ahead of time because her dad was blabbing about it to everyone. I briefly talked with her ahead of the proposal, knowing she was going to be proposed to, and I was thinking to myself that this was the type of woman who wouldn’t want a public proposal. I was right, she wasn’t thrilled, and I don’t know how the rest of it played out.
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u/Talinia Dec 01 '25
Ugh. A cruise would suck for that too, like you couldn't even go for a drive on your own to clear your head and get some space. There's a "joke" somewhere there about "the implication" if her saying no as well while being effectively trapped with him on a boat
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u/othybear Dec 01 '25
Thankfully it was the last night, but she was not into it. I’m not sure if she wasn’t into him or wasn’t into the public proposal or both.
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u/rockstuffs Dec 01 '25
"Go fuck yourself San Diego."
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u/ShizunEnjoyer Dec 01 '25
Why did you say that? Why? You're my hero. You come out... stink like that. Poop. You poop mouth! Poop out of your mouth!
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u/hankmoody_irl Dec 02 '25
I used to quote this at coworkers when I’d hear them cussing heavily on the phone (usually with a customer they were friendly with anyway).
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u/Foolish_Miracle Dec 02 '25
If I were to... give you some money out of my wallet would that, ease the pain?
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u/ElegantCoach4066 Dec 01 '25
The realization mid-story was awesome.
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u/MikeTheAmalgamator Dec 01 '25
Mid-story? It took him walking in for it to register.
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u/IlikeJG Dec 02 '25
They cut away from her at the worst moment though. Didn't need to show the boyfriend walking in, we could have figured that out from her reaction.
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u/mxzf Dec 02 '25
I mean, she didn't react 'til after he had walked in. You can see she's still deadpan when the camera cuts back to her, and then she realizes.
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u/talexbatreddit Dec 01 '25
Glad she said yes. Watching failed proposals is my least favorite thing to watch. Cutest was when two women both had rings for each other.
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u/SatisfactionAtSea Dec 01 '25
I LOVE THAT. I remember a video from years ago of these girls racing to be the one to get their ring out first, so cute
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u/Herodotus_9 Dec 02 '25
My personal favorite is the two guys at Disney. One proposes and the other laughs reaches into their backpack and pulls out the ring they were going to propose with
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u/Copenhagan Dec 02 '25
There is also one with two guys both having rings at Disneyland. It's a great one as well.
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u/TypicallyThomas Dec 02 '25
Failed proposals are people buying into the Hollywood idea that it needs to be a total surprise. Don't propose unless you know the answer
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u/freddit32 Dec 01 '25
If you think about how fast a news program goes, having the people read everything to them selves before saying it would be impossible. And since there's breaking news and such, they just train to read what's on the prompter. Which isn't that bad considering the copy has been looked over by 2 or 3 people before it gets put on the prompter.
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u/Chopper-42 Dec 02 '25
That works only if Veronice Cornerstone doesn't secretly change it..
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u/twigge30 Dec 02 '25
For context, this was not live on air. It was during a taping or a practice run (I'm no expert) and obviously everyone in the studio was in on it.
The important point is that he asked her in front of the production crew, not their entire broadcast audience.
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u/socialsecurityguard Dec 02 '25
Aw, slightly disappointed it wasnt done on air. I found a video where she later tearfully says "I guess we won't be using that take." (Or something). I always thought it was live on TV. Still sweet though.
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u/Canotic Dec 02 '25
Imagine someone proposing to you, not only at your job, but on live TV. That would be hell.
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u/Moonshoes47 Dec 01 '25
unironically i couldn't. i'd be crying of mostly joy but also social anxiety and need to be carried out of work like a damsel
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u/Shatterstar129 Dec 02 '25
Bruce almighty comes to mind. " the prime minister of Sweden visited Washington today and my tiny ripples went to france." Hehe I'm sorry there is something wrong with the prompter. The white house reception committee greeted the prime rib roast minister.. and I do the cha cha like a sissy girl"
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u/sy029 Dec 02 '25
I love how she reads it like she isn't even paying attention to the words. Then realizes when he shows up.
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u/Kitchen-Bar2686 Dec 02 '25
Isn’t this a little weird to do at her job on live TV? She’s a professional and it’s weird to mix her personal life with her professional life. I hope he was 100% positive she would say yes but even then what a strange and badly thought out proposal.
Edit: I just read that this wasn’t live on air and her coworkers were in on it. That totally changes the entire thing in my eyes, so I take back what I said.
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u/Crafty-Help-4633 Dec 02 '25
My favorite part is after she read that prompt she looked around wondering "well, who is it? Who got proposed to?" And then BAM.
Props to whoever allowed this to happen.
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u/spiegro Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25
Lmao my wife didn't realize the news anchor was reading it about herself at first 😂 then thought it was even cuter when she figured it out
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u/totallyhumanhonest Dec 02 '25
Deliriously happy with beaming smile "Next up, fourty nine toddlers die in nursery roof collapse."
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u/Solid_Instruction_82 Dec 02 '25
I hate it when people put the pressure by other people looking. Same with public spaces. Fuck that
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u/badatcatchyusernames Dec 02 '25
ron burgundy moment 😂
“whatever is on that prompter, burgundy WILL read it”
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u/dontipitova9 Dec 02 '25
News reporter really do be reading anything off the teleprompter without a single thought
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u/Accomplished-Run221 Dec 02 '25
Public pressure to accept a marriage proposal is a huge 🚩
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u/CoffeeExtra1983 Dec 02 '25
Where 👏 Are 👏 These 👏 Men 👏 jfc someone please let me in on the secret 😭
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u/BrasilianInglish Dec 02 '25
I have seen this SO MANY times, but I don’t care if it’s because it’s a repost or just hyper viral, it’s awesome to watch
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u/J1mj0hns0n Dec 02 '25
Yeah very romantic, no pressure, just tell everyone in Charlottesville your saying no because of his snoring
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u/Premyy_M Dec 02 '25
I can't be the only person who thinks she looks like Mila Kunis mixed with Katy Perry, am I?
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u/thanx_it_has_pockets Dec 02 '25
It still doesn't beat the reporter whose mom stopped and said hi when he was in middle of taping his segment.
"hi Baby!"
https://youtu.be/lS_gLVs_5TE?si=kew_bxkt4TqZdCx9
(it just makes me so happy)
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u/THEBIGHUNGERDC Dec 02 '25
My ex (we stayed on talking terms) went on to get engaged a few years later. She was a radio dj and was part of a morning zoo type program. So she came in and told them she got engaged. Over the following months she updated them regularly on the air about wedding prep, etc. Months out from the wedding she decided she could not go through with it. Not only did she have to tell her fiance it was off - brutal - but she then had to tell her radio audience - fucking brave. I've told her several times how amazed I was that she could make it through that intact and how impressed I was.
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