The Most Insane On-Air Newscaster Meltdowns of All Time

Being a reporter can’t be easy. If you aren’t lucky enough to be an anchor, you’re just a regular shmo.

Forced to go wherever the story is, whatever the story is. And sometimes, the story is total bull. But you smile through the pain, because this is your job.

And if you can’t make the 14th annual Bulldog Beauty Contest seem as important as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then someone younger and prettier probably will. Even being an actual anchor won’t shield you from the possibility of losing your marbles on national television.

And if these absolutely insane news anchor meltdowns can show us anything, it’s that that possibility is more real than you would imagine.

"Am I Talking to thin air?"

Have you ever been to a party where everyone around you is only interested in drinking and dancing, and you’re the guy trying to have a serious political conversation in the corner with someone who’d rather be anywhere else? That’s this guy.

Only the party is a Reagan-era GOP celebration, and the someone who’d rather be anywhere else is all of America.

John Brown hates the Kardashians

John Brown is all of us at the height of Kardashian news coverage. Does anyone really need to know what Kylie Jenner decided to name her rabbit? No. And John’s, “I don’t care! I’m sick of this family!” outburst is the exact media spin we had all been waiting for.

Bugs are scary AF

While the title of the video is a little misleading — the reporter in question does not, in fact, get hit in the mouth with bird poop — the result of watching a grown man lose his marbles over having a bug fly into his mouth is worth every bit of this 30 second clip.

He goes from complaining about the bug to complaining that he can’t see to complaining about wanting to leave. He looks like he’s about to cry, too, which would have only served to make this video a million times better.

Brittany Kleyn loves parrots

You know what’s more frightening than being attacked by bugs? Being attacked by birds. Brittany Kleyn, who’s clearly seen Hitchcock’s The Birds, knows the struggle all too well. And if you’re thinking to yourself, But it’s just a parrot… You’re wrong. It’s never “just” a parrot.