I don't have to tell you that Houston has the most famous bug-in-mouth television news reporter of all time: FOX 26 KRIV Isiah Factor: Uncensored host Isiah Carey.
The above video has racked up 4.5 million views. To compare numbers, Harris County had a population of 4,698,619 residents as of July 1, 2018.
"I was walking along Hollywood Boulevard in LA one night while covering Empire and out of the blue two Californians came up to me [and] asked if I was the bug reporter," Carey told mikemcguff.com in 2015. "They were so excited and asked to take pictures. A third person also approached me in Los Angeles that same night with the same question. That video gets new life every month."
The above video has racked up 4.5 million views. To compare numbers, Harris County had a population of 4,698,619 residents as of July 1, 2018.
"I was walking along Hollywood Boulevard in LA one night while covering Empire and out of the blue two Californians came up to me [and] asked if I was the bug reporter," Carey told mikemcguff.com in 2015. "They were so excited and asked to take pictures. A third person also approached me in Los Angeles that same night with the same question. That video gets new life every month."
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But other TV news reporters are also having their own insect fights on camera.
Take KVUE Austin reporter, anchor & digital producer Pattrik Perez, who had his own TV bug battle this week!
Take KVUE Austin reporter, anchor & digital producer Pattrik Perez, who had his own TV bug battle this week!
If you can't laugh at yourself, you should quit while you're ahead!— Pattrik Perez (@PattrikPerez) July 16, 2020
I'm sharing this highly unflattering video of me reacting to a LARGE bug flying toward my face in case someone needs a reason to smile or laugh today. Enjoy my nightmare! (This happened on Tuesday.) pic.twitter.com/F7IY0I7xHm
Perez's tweet led to WNBC New York reporter Adam Harding sharing his own encounter.
I’m with you, man. pic.twitter.com/fNSeFcHbvt— Adam Harding (@HardingReports) July 16, 2020
Then Ian Pirich shared this moment.
You mean this time?! 😂 Nevermind that there's an exploded house in the background 😂 that bug tho pic.twitter.com/JDEjZyJBC3— Ian Pirich (@Icpirich) July 16, 2020
You never know where the annoying moment will take you.
Carey told me he was initially upset when the old KARK 4 Little Rock, Arkansas video surfaced in the early days of YouTube. Now, he embraces it, which has put him on the cover of The Houston Press and in a guest spot on Comedy Central's TOSH.0.
"It's a badge of honor now because it allows people to see me as a regular person just like them...a person who could also lose it from time to time," Carey told me.
Carey told me he was initially upset when the old KARK 4 Little Rock, Arkansas video surfaced in the early days of YouTube. Now, he embraces it, which has put him on the cover of The Houston Press and in a guest spot on Comedy Central's TOSH.0.
"It's a badge of honor now because it allows people to see me as a regular person just like them...a person who could also lose it from time to time," Carey told me.
