Newsreader going in for a kiss is so painfully, terribly awkward
Unsure on whether to go in for a hug or a handshake with your workmates? Here's a tip, maybe don't go in for a kiss.
Particularly if you're Australian sports reporter Tony "Chompers" Jones, who came on set to farewell work colleague and weather reporter Rebecca Judd. It was one of those stilted on-air celebrations, being Judd's last day before going on maternity leave.
Jones started with some fairly innocuous talk about football, and put his arm around his co-worker. Hmm. It was creepy enough, but only an small indication of the dark, painfully awkward turn this on-air encounter was set to take.
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Like trying to make out with a high school crush, Jones suddenly went silent and leant in for a kiss towards Judd, which ended in her yelping "ooh!" as an indication that nope, nope, nope, she did not want to go there.
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It all ended in a pained, polite laugh from all the hosts. The kind that usually follows unwanted advances and displays of sexism in the workplace. A nice, middle class way of trying to move on from an incredibly awkward and very non-consensual situation.
If you thought this is some kind of one off, this is not the first time Jones has been rejected on air either. Dear God.
