BBC business presenter Steph McGovern had an awkward encounter with social media this week.
She’d appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss the collapse of huge multi-national firm Carillion, and sat on the sofa discussing the news with the show’s hosts Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.
Wearing a sensible grey jumper and trousers, Steph spoke with confidence about the issue, which could potentially cost thousands of people their jobs.
Steph said: “For a lot of people [liquidation is] very unusual for a company, so they’re thinking ‘What on earth does it mean for me?'”
However, eagle-eyed viewers thought they’d spotted some other news as-yet-unannounced by the 35-year-old.
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Some thought they’d spotted a blossoming baby bump underneath her jumper!
Steph came off air to find several messages of congratulations on her “news”, and took to Twitter to set the record straight.
She said: “For those who are congratulating me on my ‘pregnancy’ I am not ‘with child’, I am ‘with pot belly'” – followed by a pig’s face emoji!
Fans were beside themselves at the hilarious retort, retweeting the message hundreds of times and replying in droves.
One said: “Such outspoken honesty is why your audience loves you as a presenter and trusts you as a journalist”.
Another wrote: “You’re so funny! Keep it up”.
Steph made her debut on BBC Breakfast all the way back in 2012, and made headlines in October when she was heard swearing off-air – for which Susanna Reid had to apologise!
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Steph’s also presented lots of other business or money-focused programmes for the BBC, including Can Britain Have a Pay Rise? alongside James O’Brien.