This BBC News man had an item about a massive snake but is terrified of snakes … so he did this

To quote the great Indiana Jones, ‘Snakes? Why did it have to be snakes?’

We mention the great man after BBC newsreader Ben Thompson – no fan of snakes, by all accounts – had to do a news item about a flipping great big snake being wrestled into submission in Florida.

So he did this, and you surely won’t see a funnier news story this week.

The clip went viral on Monday after it was shared by fellow BBC journalist, Clare Casey.

Why did it have to be snakes?! This is how to read the news if you're scared of it – hide behind your notes @BBCBenThompson tells the story of the Burmese python captured in Florida @BBCNews pic.twitter.com/u5qELKdKhO

— Clare Casey (@clarelcasey1) July 17, 2023

You’re okay Ben, we think they’ve gone now.

When you have to report news about snakes but you are terrified of snakes pic.twitter.com/LMjnOrWSm0

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) July 17, 2023

Final word to the man himself.

The flashnote I never want to receive from you… ‘I’ve added a python oov in the newsbelt’ 🤣

— Ben Thompson (@BBCBenThompson) July 17, 2023

Source Twitter @clarelcasey1