VIDEO: News anchor stays calm as she loses a tooth live on TV

Ukrainian news anchor Marichka Padalko was in the middle of a live news bulletin when her tooth fell out. However, she kept her calm and did not stop the broadcast. 

 In a video which is being circulated on social media, Marichka quickly put her hand to her mouth to catch the loose front tooth and continued with the bulletin.

“Yes, I lost part of my front tooth today during the live broadcast of TSN at 9:00,” Padalko wrote on Instagram, according to a translation. “This is probably my most curious experience in twenty years as a presenter. Live broadcasting is wonderful because it is always unpredictable.”

The newscaster said her dental problem happened about a decade ago when her young daughter knocked her in the mouth with a metal alarm clock.

Padalko said that her news program “deliberately” did not post her recent disaster to YouTube, for the sake of discretion.

“Honestly, I thought the incident would go unnoticed…. But we underestimated the attention of our viewers,” the anchor explained.

Padalko thanked fans for their support.

“We keep calm in any situation,” the journalist concluded. “See you tomorrow morning.”