Calling male reporter “mazyoon” (handsome) gets Kuwaiti presenter suspended
The Kuwaiti ministry of information has suspended a presenter who commended the looks of her male colleague live on air.
A viral YouTube video showed presenter for Kuwaiti TV Basma Al Shammar calling her fellow male reporter “mazyoon”, which means “ the handsome attractive one” in local dialect.
The male reporter, Nawaf Al Shiraki was covering the municipal council elections before he appeared to be adjusting his traditional headwear prior to going on air.
This is when the al Shammar alerted him that he was on air, saying, “no need to fix your ghutra, Nawaf, you look handsome!”
Some considered the act a “flirtation“ on the presenter’s part, Arab news reported. However, many took to twitter to say there was nothing wrong with what she said.
A Kuwaiti MP reportedly wrote to the country’s information minister on twitter saying that such a slip of tongue should not be tolerated on state television.
A source from Kuwait ‘s state TV was quoted saying that the anchor had been suspended pending investigation into the incident.
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