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Video: Guy Scares The Bejeezus Out Of A TV Reporter On Camera
Nobody likes getting spooked from behind, especially not this KTLA reporter who got quite the scare this week when a random guy popped up behind her during a taping.
The unsuspecting reporter, Wendy Burch, squealed "You scared the shhh out of me!" after she realized the man was pranking her before laughing it off. The man also looked a little surprised himself when she screamed. He comes into the video at the 0:22-minute mark.
On Burch's Facebook, she seemed pretty stoked about the video going viral:
I've gone viral, baby! At last count, getting the bejeezus scared out me live on the KTLA Morning News has received over 500,000 views. My friend Ethan, also posted on YouTube for you viewing pleasure. (This may even eclipse my now infamous 'mall fall' on Black Friday) And for those of you who have commented that I was only scared because he was a black guy... #ShameOnYou. I was scared because he creeped up on me... I could NOT see him out of my peripheral vision and I do NOT have eyes in the back of my head.
In fact, if you re-watch the video... it looks like my reaction scared the sh*t out of him too!
This is pretty good, but our favorite KTLA segment award still goes to a chill shirtless bro who asked a TV reporter out on a date on camera.
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