News Anchor’s Horrific Debut Leads To Suspension – NSFW [Video]

Rookie news anchor A.J. Clemente made his debut on KFYR news in North Dakota yesterday. His debut didn't go quite as great as he hoped it would be. Video is NSFW because the first two words out of his mouth got him suspended.

Anchor Van Tieu, who introduced her new co-worker, seemed to stumble as she heard Clemente swear into his microphone, looking down at his shoes rather than into the camera.

After the broadcast, news director Monica Hannan, immediately apologized via their official Facebook page.

I want to apologize for an incident that occurred prior to our early newscast this evening, when one of our employees used profanity on the air.

He did not realize his microphone was on, but still, that's no excuse. We train our reporters to always assume that any microphone is live at any time. Unfortunately, that was not enough in this case. WE can't take back what was said.

The person involved has been suspended until we resolve the situation. All we can do at this point is ask for your forgiveness, and I can offer my personal assurance that I will do my best to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again under my watch.

Also, Clemente tweeted about his horrible debut.

He then went on to apologize for the incident:

He has now updated the situation saying that he was fired by the station: