Over the years, Italian journalist Costanza Calabrese has played herself in various Italian films, but it\u2019s a YouTube clip that turned her into an international phenomenon.\n\n\n\n
Her unexpected on-air mishap during a late-night TG5 broadcast is still making waves, even years after it happened.\n\n\n\n
Calabrese, then 38, was seated behind what seemed like a regular news desk, confidently delivering the evening report. But here\u2019s the catch \u2014 it wasn\u2019t just any desk. It was completely see-through.\n\n\n\n
At first, everything looked normal. The camera started with a close-up, focusing on her upper body as she spoke. But then, as the shot slowly zoomed out, things took an unexpected turn. From there? It blew up. The video racked up over million views, with social media lighting up with reactions.\n\n\n\n The Internet had thoughts And then there were those who couldn\u2019t resist cracking a joke.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n While the moment definitely caused a stir, it also sparked serious conversations about on-air professionalism and production crew responsibility. Live TV blunders happen, but this one? It\u2019ll go down in internet history.\n\n\n\n Let this be a reminder, folks: Always check your surroundings. Especially if your desk is made of glass.\n\n\n\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That\u2019s exactly what happened to Italian journalist Costanza Calabrese during a live TG5 news broadcast in 2016, and let\u2019s just say \u2014 it didn\u2019t take […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8344,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8343\/revisions\/8344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legendhorizon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
A \u201cBasic Instinct\u201d flashback
Unaware of the desk\u2019s transparency, Calabrese was sitting in a way that revealed far more than intended. As the camera panned out, viewers quickly picked up on the wardrobe mishap \u2014 and one sharp-eyed audience member wasted no time in that unfortunate \u201cSharon Stone in Basic Instinct\u201d moment to YouTube.\n\n\n\n
Of course, the online crowd had plenty to say. Some felt bad for Calabrese, blaming the production team for not giving her a heads-up.\n\n\n\n