Carmel Sepuloni’s Zoom interview was interrupted by her carrot-waving son.
A New Zealand cabinet minister has become the latest in a long line to experience the pitfalls of working from home since the pandemic began. New Zealand’s Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni was doing a live Zoom interview with Radio Samoa when her son interrupted her, excitedly waving carrots. It turned out that he had found carrots among the groceries and rushed to show it to his mother. Ms Sepuloni described it as “a deformed carrot the size of a male body part”.
Ms Sepuloni, a Labor MP, was discussing COVID-19 restrictions with Tawai Maini on Radio Samoa’s breakfast show when it happened. In a video going viral online, the TV host can be heard laughing as the minister tries to remove the carrot from the shot.
Carmel Sepuloni shared the video, writing, “The moment you’re doing a live interview via Zoom and your son comes into the room screaming and holding a deformed carrot the size of a male body part.” “Yeah, we almost wrestled over carrots on camera, and yeah, I’m laughing about it now but wasn’t at the time!”
The moment you’re doing a live interview via Zoom and your son comes into the room screaming and holding a deformed carrot the size of a male body part. ????????????? Yes, we almost wrestled over carrots on camera, and yes, I’m laughing about it now but wasn’t at the time! ???? pic.twitter.com/oUbcpt8tSu
— Carmel Sepuloni (@CarmelSepuloni) 30 August 2021
The video has been viewed over 1.2 lakh times on Twitter and has garnered nearly 5,000 ‘likes’.
“Kids, how happy can they be,” wrote one amusing Twitter user in the comments section.
Children, how blissful they can be. ????
— Sarah Russell (@kiwialliance) 30 August 2021
“Thank you and your son for a good belly laugh,” said another.
So funny, this is the highlight of my day, thank you and your son for a good belly laugh.
— Lee Rowe (@LeeRowe) 30 August 2021
One user commented, “Hilarious. The joy of working from home.”
enjoyable. The joy of working from home.
— Pravin Maharaj (@pravinMaharaj75) 30 August 2021
This isn’t the only work from home blunder that has delighted Twitter users lately. Global News chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell was recording a segment from home when his dog walked into the frame, giving the Internet a hilarious video in the process.
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