BBC News viewers can’t get enough of guest’s unfortunate caption

Charlie Herbert

One person said it had given them an idea for what to have on their gravestone

A guest on BBC News unintentionally became a source of amusement for many on social media after her job title created quite the caption.

Claire Connelly, the chief financial officer of Sunderland based bottling company Clearly Drinks, was being interviewed for a segment this week on the national broadcaster.

Whilst speaking to the reporter for the news story, the caption on screen stated who she was and what she did.

But several couldn’t help but chuckle at how this read on-screen, including Amy Van Gar who noticed the ‘Clearly Drinks’ attached to Claire’s name and shared a post online that has now attracted more than 22,000 likes.

“Well now, that’s not a very nice thing to say about someone, BBC News,” she wrote, also sharing a screenshot of Claire on the news.

Several chimed in with their own quips, perhaps relating in some way.

https://twitter.com/amyvangar/status/1583148542134489088

One person replied “after the last few years, who can blame her?” with another adding “hardly surprising with the economy how it is.”

A third thought the caption might be the perfect words for their gravestone.

I actually think "clearly drinks" would be amazing on my gravestone. I always wanted "smells of wine and cheap perfume" but now I'm not so sure 😕

— Katenacious (@katos1981) October 20, 2022

And someone else suggested that perhaps some different punctuation would be better next time Claire is interviewed for a piece.

I'd have used a dash or semi-colon…

— Richard Kerley (@RichardKerley) October 21, 2022

Claire joins a long line of television guests who have caused some amusement with their unfortunate captioning.

Others replied to Amy’s tweets with their favourite examples from the past, such as when poor Helen Dewdney, a consumer expert for The Complaining Cow, appeared on BBC News.