JohnCenaFan28
01-12-2009, 09:47 PM
A Romanian TV station has been fined after the presenter on a live phone in quiz show threw a tantrum when no viewers called in.
Presenter Adela Lupse started screaming at the camera, smashed the phone on the ground and then jumped up and down on it.
At the same time she screamed repeatedly at the camera: "I want the phone to ring now. Now. Call me now!"
Angry TV bosses fired her after the outburst on TV station National TV.
Ms Lupse, who has been the show's presenter for three years, said: "Maybe I was a bit over the top but I wanted to get people to call - there is a lot of pressure to get people to call in with the correct answer. It was a bad day."
Romanian TV watchdog, the National Audiovisual Council of Romania, failed to see the funny side and fined the station £1,000 for "unjustified violence".
It also ruled that the show be slapped with an X rating and only be broadcast after 10pm when children are in bed.
-Nova
Presenter Adela Lupse started screaming at the camera, smashed the phone on the ground and then jumped up and down on it.
At the same time she screamed repeatedly at the camera: "I want the phone to ring now. Now. Call me now!"
Angry TV bosses fired her after the outburst on TV station National TV.
Ms Lupse, who has been the show's presenter for three years, said: "Maybe I was a bit over the top but I wanted to get people to call - there is a lot of pressure to get people to call in with the correct answer. It was a bad day."
Romanian TV watchdog, the National Audiovisual Council of Romania, failed to see the funny side and fined the station £1,000 for "unjustified violence".
It also ruled that the show be slapped with an X rating and only be broadcast after 10pm when children are in bed.
-Nova