Last year one of the most popular television moments was actually a blooper when the children of Professor Robert E Kelly adorably gatecrashed his BBC interview. The video of his toddler daughter and baby son barging into the room where he was giving a serious interview and his wife’s frantic tries to retrieve the kids gave many people on the internet a reason to laugh out loud and it soon went viral. Now, BBC Dad Professor Robert Kelly’s interview won the Timeline TV Moment of the Year award at the Broadcast Awards and we must say that it is rightfully deserved.
After winning the award the humble Professor Robert Kelly said, “I’m not even sure I deserve this,” obviously the real star of the interview was his four-year-old daughter Marion and his toddler son. Twitterati hailed Professor Robert Kelly’s winning moment and said that he really deserved the award. The video went viral and netizens hailed his daughter as the ‘Queen’ and even Ellen Degeneres became a fan of the girl. The video soon became a popular gif and people made memes out of the clip. Little Marion Kelly became an internet star as her antics and swagger made everyone laugh out loud. BBC interview gets interrupted by kids, the hilarious viral video is breaking the internet (Watch)
Professor Robert Kelley appeared on BBC Afternoon Live with Simon McCoy to talk about his viral moment and revealed that now his office door has a lock on it. However, the kids are still pretty persistent and they keep on trying to barge in. Professor Kelly said, “Even now, when I push the button, my kids come down the hallway and they pound on the door … If you ever watch me doing a TV video and I’m talking very loud, it’s because I’m covering up my kids pounding on the door, because my wife lost track of them again.” BBC Dad Professor Robert Kelly’s daughter has a fan in Ellen DeGeneres!
Sample a few tweets below.
Watch Robert Kelly talk about the viral video here
The reason behind Professor Robert Kelly talking loudly
The Timeline TV Moment of the Year Award
Check Robert Kelly winning the award
The interviewer and the interviewee
Lots of questions about Marion, the star daughter
Robert Kelly’s humble awards acceptance speech
Family is the best source of comic relief
Congratulations to Robert Kelly and his family
Best thing of 2017
Totally deserved
Here’s the interview that went viral
Professor Robert Kelly’s interview went viral in no time and eventually, he had to give another interview with his entire family – his wife, daughter and baby son, which also was much loved by people.
Here’s the follow-up exclusive interview with the family
Professor Robert Kelly might be an expert political analyst on inter-Korean affairs and associate professor in political science at Pusan National University but his newfound fame is definitely because of lovable and adorable family.