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News Host Suffers Brutal Hiccups Bout Live on Air

BAD TIMING

We can send people to the Moon, but a cure for hiccups still eludes us.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 04: Jayne Secker attends the #Grazia10 talk "News at 10" with Christina Lamb, Jayne Secker, Sue Turton, Emily Maitlis and chaired by Mishal Husain. #Grazia10 is an exhibition to celebrate ten years of the iconic weekly magazine with a series of talks and events hosted at Getty Images Gallery on March 4, 2015 in London, England.  (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images for #Grazia10)
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A news host has suffered through a tough case of the hiccups while live on air. Jayne Secker, 53, struggled through her Sky News bulletin on Thursday, clearly fighting back hiccups. “The wait is over,” the U.K.-based journalist said at the top of the show. “After more than half a century, astronauts are finally on their way back [hiccup] to the moon!” On screen at the time was footage from the Artemis II mission, which is taking four astronauts around the Moon and back to Earth in 10 days. Secker was out of shot as a result, but the audio footage suggests there may have been efforts to suppress giggles in the studio. She paused, trying to maintain her composure, before continuing, “Artemis II are currently orbiting the Earth, tonight their rocket is due to change direction and head towards its destination.” Another pause followed. “Back down on the ground, the launch was watched by thousands, some of whom had traveled halfway across [hiccup] the world.”

Read it at The Daily Mail