Hot mics, name flubs and other awkward Olympic broadcast moments of the last decade
NBC's Todd Richards faced backlash after his comment calling a snowboarding event 'boring' was caught on a hot mic during the Olympics broadcast.
Winter Olympics commentator fails to realise mic is still on in awkward live TV incident
NBC commentator Todd Richards experienced an awkward on-air moment when he mistakenly thought his microphone was off and described the Winter Olympics men's snowboarding finals as 'boring'.
The announcer's mic was left on – This comment was not supposed to be heard by the audience
During a live broadcast of Olympic snowboarding, NBC commentator Todd Richards accidentally had his microphone on and expressed his boredom with the men's big air final.