Viewers have been left shocked on Monday when a magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook ESPN’s Los Angeles studio throughout a broadcast of NBA At this time.
Host Malika Andrews, who was interviewing basketball analyst Rebecca Lobo when the tremor hit, was remarkably unfazed all through.
That was regardless of the quake being highly effective sufficient to shake the constructing and rattle the digital camera.
ESPN Los Angeles studio shaking from an earthquake throughout NBA At this time and Malika Andrews dealt with it like a professional. pic.twitter.com/KPGndlCx01
— Terrible Asserting (@awfulannouncing) August 12, 2024
“Now we have a little bit of an earthquake right here in Los Angeles,” she mentioned calmly because the tremors began. “So we’re simply going to make it possible for our studio lights… every little thing stays secure. All the pieces’s shaking.”
After checking in together with her producers, Andrews advised viewers: “Thanks a lot for bearing with us by means of that, our studio was shaking just a bit bit.”
Following the present, Andrews tweeted: “Positively a scary second right here in our LA studios. Thanks to our unbelievable employees and crew who stayed cool all through! Keep secure, fellow Angelenos.”
Andrews’ unbelievable dealing with of the scenario additionally received her loads of followers on social media:
Malika Andrews simply dealt with an earthquake on reside TV like I swat flies. That was wild. pic.twitter.com/Nx3jOcHUHQ
— Noah Coslov (@NoahCoslov) August 12, 2024
Once I go on TV, I journey over my phrases when a producer talks in my ear. @malika_andrews has a literal earthquake occur whereas on air and doesn’t even flinch. Unreal. https://t.co/tHGh5Ug6Q4
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) August 12, 2024
Malika Andrews that’s precisely the way you deal with your Black job sis 👏🏽#MalikaAndrews #NBA #Earthquake #ESPN pic.twitter.com/ucDiNwK1JO
— Chris (@RealDealChris) August 12, 2024
@malika_andrews dealt with the earthquake like a professional reside on air https://t.co/VhybDS7cvz
— stan verrett (@stanverrett) August 12, 2024
There was simply an earthquake in LA throughout this phase on ESPN and WOW Malika Andrews dealt with it extraordinarily effectively!
No means I’d have been that calm 😂 pic.twitter.com/c7BChawx8C
— EverythingKnicks (@EverythinKnicks) August 12, 2024
Malika Andrews stays calm throughout an earthquake in LA and her first precedence is to verify everyone seems to be secure and okay ❤️
— Ladies Posting W’s (@womenpostingws) August 12, 2024
Rattling she was so calm and easy I’d have been screaming Chris Tucker type😭😭😭
— Danielle – unhealthy choices & baseball ⚾ (@danielleRoyalKC) August 12, 2024
Her composure stage is subsequent stage
— Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT (@3cbPerformance) August 12, 2024
