An MSNBC reporter was left red-faced on air when he attempted to call out a passerby for not wearing a mask in Wisconsin - when most of his crew had also failed to do so.
Cal Perry was conducting a live segment from Lake Geneva when he complained that "no one" was wearing masks as they enjoyed the Memorial Day sunshine. The masked reporter then prompted his cameraman to shoot a man walking past, while saying: "as you can see, no one is wearing them."
"Including the cameraman," the individual retorted, adding "half your crew’s not wearing them."
Watch footage of the exchange below:Clearly embarrassed, Perry appeared to cut the segment short, conceding "There you go, including the cameraman. Yeah."
The clip quickly went viral, with President Donald Trump's son, Donald Jr., taking to Twitter to retweet footage of the exchange.
The individual in question, who has since been identified as Andy Olson, proceeded to back up his claims, with his wife posting their own video of the incident, which shows two out of three of the crew members not wearing masks.
Speaking about the encounter with Bugle Newspapers, he said: "He turned the camera on me and tried to shame me and it backfired on him big time."
Olson continued, "It exposed him for his hypocrisy. The camera guy is there in plain view with a mask around his neck."
He insisted he "wasn’t trying to be rude or ignorant", and assumed it would be edited out later. "Good thing it was live," Olson added. "I thought it was just a local guy – never did I think it was MSNBC doing a live report."
Olson says that his only objection was with the reporter "calling out people on the street and mask-shaming them," explaining, "I won’t bash anybody for wearing a mask. If someone wants to – that’s fine."
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