WATCH: ‘I’m about to get fired’ - TV presenter’s on-air howler leaves Henry, Carragher in stiches during Champions League coverage

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FOOTBALL WATCH: ‘I’m about to get fired’ - TV presenter’s on-air howler leaves Henry, Carragher in stiches during Champions League coverage

Joel Omotto • 08:46 - 17.05.2023

The veteran presenter left the Arsenal and Liverpool legends in hysterics after she mistakenly introduced a rival channel.

TV presenter Kate Abdo made a hilarious error live on-air during CBS's Champions League coverage of Inter Milan's semi-final second leg tie against AC Milan on Tuesday by introducing the network as 'Fox Sports.'

The broadcasters are rivals with CBS owning the rights to the Champions League in the United States, while Fox Sports is the home of the World Cup Stateside.

The 41-year-old made the mistake during CBS's coverage of Inter’s 1-0 victory over AC Milan, who booked their slot in the Champions League final courtesy of a 3-0 aggregate triumph in the Derby della Madonnina.

As soon as she had uttered the network's name, Abdo realised she had made a mistake and tried to backtrack but the damage was already done.

The gaffe provoked comical reactions from the show's pundits with Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards, and Thierry Henry bursting into hysterics.

Carragher, who even dropped to his knees during his fit of laughter, clung to the top of the pitchside desk as he joked: “We're all gonna get sacked. Are there any jobs going on Fox?”

Henry walked out of the shot with his head down, while Abdo also turned her back to the camera before returning with a regretful look on her face.

“I'm so sorry, the teleprompter had just kind of risen up a bit and I apologize,” said Abdo, who has been a member of the CBS Sports family since August 2020. “I'm about to get fired. Pete I am so sorry.”

Abdo has previously worked for Fox Sports and Sky Sports in the UK, joining the latter full-time in 2017.

She covered her fourth World Cup with Fox last year after hosting assignments at FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019, FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, and FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015.

In Qatar, she anchored the nightly FIFA World Cup Tonight programme, before returning to CBS's Champions League programme when domestic soccer returned following the tournament.

It was the first time the Milan giants were meeting at the semi-final stage of the competition for almost two decades and Inter will face either 14-time winners Real Madrid or reigning Premier League champions Manchester City in the final in Istanbul on Saturday, June 10.