Oops! CNN Airs Anchor's Girltalk Over Bush Speech

Looking for a "passionate, compassionate, great, great" man? Well,
according to CNN's Kyra Phillips, they do indeed exist. During CNN's live
coverage of President Bush's remarks from New Orleans, Phillips was unaware
that her microphone was on and picked up portions of a conversation she was
having with another woman. At 12:49pm EDT, those listening carefully could
hear Phillips praise her husband:

Phillips:

"Yeah, I'm very lucky in that regard with my husband. My husband is
handsome and he is genuinely a loving, you know, no ego--you know what I'm
saying. Just a really passionate, compassionate great, great human being.
And they exist. They do exist. They're hard to find. Yup. But they are out
there."

Phillips also inadvertently revealed how
she feels about her sister-in-law:



Phillips: ""Brothers have to be, you know,
protective. Except for mine. I've got to be protective of
him...Yeah. He's married, three kids, but his wife is just a control
freak."

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The audio of
Phillips. conversation could be heard overriding President Bush's remarks
approximately ten minutes into the President's speech. While the President
could be heard during the exchange, Phillips's gaffe was very
distracting:



Kyra Phillips: ""assholes.Yeah, I'm very lucky
in that regard with my husband. My husband is handsome and he is genuinely a
loving, you know, no ego.[unintelligible] you know what I'm saying. Just a
really passionate, compassionate great, great human being. And they exist.
They do exist. They're hard to find. Yup. But they are out
there."

[unidentified woman]: "We'll see. He's going to come, you
know, he's set for an extended visit.[unintelligible]"

Phillips:
"I mean, that's, that's how you figure it all out, those extended
visits. [laughter]"

[unidentified woman]: "Yeah, but my mom,
I think she really likes him."

Phillips: "Mom's got a good
vibe? Good."

[unidentified woman]: "Yeah, my brother's the
one that.[unintelligible]"

Phillips: "Brother-of course,
brothers have to be, you know, protective. Except for mine. I've got to be
protective of him."

[unidentified
woman [unintelligible]

Phillips: "Yeah. He's married,
three kids, but his wife is just a control
freak."

[unidentified woman #2]:

"Kyra."

Phillips: "Yeah,
baby?"

[unidentified woman #2]: "Your mic is on. Turn it
off. It's been on the air."



Seconds later, Daryn Kagan stumbled through this awkward transition:


Daryn Kagan: "Alright, we've been listening in
to President Bush as he speaks in, uh, New Orleans today. This is the one
year anniversary of Katrina making land shore there. President Bush saying
if another natural disaster hits, our country. We must, uh, react better than
that. Let's listen in once again to President Bush."