BBC Interview Video: New Parody Shows How a Woman Would Have Coped

Photo: BBC
Photo: BBC

You’ve probably seen the viral video of professor Robert Kelly becoming quietly frustrated when his two children crashed his interview with the BBC. In the video, Kelly tries to ignore his wee tykes, and becomes grim-faced as his concentration with the BBC interviewer becomes distracted. Here’s the original:

Now the New Zealand comedy show Jono and Ben have had some feminist fun with that video, with a parody showing what might have happened had a woman — a professional person, married with children, like Kelly — been placed in a similar position.

It’s both a funny video and one that makes a point: that women are used to multitasking in a way men rarely are.

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