Get ready to hear “Jessica we are live,” a lot today in South Africa.
A video recently went viral of an on-air SABC broadcast between a newsreader and Namibian sports reporter, Jessica.
Elmarie Kapund (the newsreader) was simply wrapping up her news beat and handing over the baton to Jessica. However, Kapund didn’t deliver her cue exactly as it had been rehearsed, and Jessica decided to express how things should be done. On air.
It’s safe to say Jessica decided to unleash a bit of sass.
I’ll say less, and you can watch it here, Cape {town} Etc’s Ashleigh Nefdt writes.
What’s going on with Jessica? LMFAOOOO pic.twitter.com/xAtvhntbLW
— Shut It All Down (@ShadowsOfWolf_) June 9, 2021
As always, the comments are probably funnier than the video. Here are people’s reactions
On my way to pay outstanding TV license for 12 years coz Jessica brought life on NBC.??? pic.twitter.com/46vk13M1El
— Onheleiwa’s Finest (@Johnsonfrom1053) June 9, 2021
“Jessica we are live”
Jessica: Liiivee? pic.twitter.com/1uwCBzcIv0
— Hood Therapist ☯️?? (@Twin_Son) June 9, 2021
Jessica said: pic.twitter.com/Rav7i6AhR8
— Meiteena (@MartinMeroro) June 9, 2021
Jessica: “just greet me, than you say “take it away””
NBC staff: pic.twitter.com/oKvIT5LoFd
— L.S Pinehas (@PinehasLinias) June 9, 2021
Jessica clearly has some unresolved issues with the news anchor pic.twitter.com/5QZbYsphP7
— Wise Tha Don (@rich_dux) June 9, 2021
“Jessica we are live”
Sign language interpreter pic.twitter.com/QwonoUAzdr
— Hood Therapist ☯️?? (@Twin_Son) June 9, 2021
If you did group presentations in high school or university you will understand Jessica’s anger?There are people who speak to your allocated points of discussion ?
— R (@Mapindo3) June 9, 2021
If we’re not remixing political statements into songs (remember ‘When People Zol?’) we’re on the hunt for new things to add to the list of our South African expressions, and I think “Jessica we are live,” may well be the heir to the slang throne, (but we still move.)
“Jessica we are live” will probably translate roughly to telling someone to calm down, or to rest when they are getting too heated, especially in public. It’s that polite way of telling someone “it’s just not the time, and people are watching.”
Picture: Twitter