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Ukrainian TV presenter Marichka Padalko loses tooth live on air

By Stephanie Bedo
news.com.au·
17 Jul, 2020 06:37 AM3 mins to read

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TV presenter Marichka Padalko was reading the news live when part of her front tooth fell out. Photo / Instagram@marichkapadalko

TV presenter Marichka Padalko was reading the news live when part of her front tooth fell out. Photo / Instagram@marichkapadalko

Television presenters are taught to remain poised at all times, and this one could probably take the crown for doing just that.

Marichka Padalko was reading the news live in Ukraine when part of her front tooth fell out.

Instead of interrupting the broadcast or acknowledging the awkward blunder, Padalko just put the chunk in her hand and continued as if nothing had happened.

The journalist wasn't going to get out of the situation that easily though. Viewers noticed the loose tooth, forcing Padalko to respond.

"Honestly, I thought the incident would go unnoticed," she wrote on Instagram, sharing a clip a blogger posted, which subsequently spread across media around the world.

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"But we underestimated the attention of our viewers."

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Нова "слава" прийшла звідки не чекали .... і підтримка теж😍. Так, в мене справді сьогодні під час прямого ефіру ТСН о 9:00 випала частина переднього зуба). Це, напевно, найкурйозніший мій досвід за двадцять років роботи ведучою. Прямий ефір тим і прекрасний, що завжди непередбачуваний. Так, в 2013 я вперше прямо в своєму ефірі побачила кадри затримання свого чоловіка😪 на протесті під Київрадою, а кілька років тому мою ногу під час випуску несподівано почала облизувати собака, що забігла зі студії @snidanok Цього разу моя колега @nata_goncharova мені написала, мовляв, "ти так зреагувала, ніби ти щодня губиш зуби😀". Ні, не щодня😁. Просто саме зараз я вирішила виправити ту прикрість, яка сталася понад десять тому. В мене в спальні стояв важкий металевий будильник і одного разу дуже зацікавив мою маленьку доньку. Вона схопила його з підвіконня і почала розмахувати "іграшкою" навколо сплячої мами. І щойно я позіхнула, як маленька весела ручка відбила мені половину зуба. Зараз зважилася нарешті на більш радикальний ремонт. Тільки була не дуже уважна до заборони свого стоматолога надкусувати їжу передніми зубами до закінчення лікування. Власне, тому сталося те, що сталося... Чесно кажучи, думала, що інцидент пройде непоміченим. Саме цей епізод свідомо не виклали на YouTube канал ТСН. Але ми недооцінили уважність наших глядачів. Блогерка @ekulka виклала це в своєму профілі, і .... понеслося по всіх виданнях, і не лише українських. В усій цій історії мене особисто вразила та кількість підтримки, яку я отримала) - і в коментарях, і в особистих повідомленнях. Друзі, велике Вам спасибі❤️))). В будь-якій ситуації зберігаємо спокій💪 Завтра вранці побачимось📺 в @tsnua

A post shared by Марічка Падалко (@marichkapadalko) on Jul 15, 2020 at 8:00am PDT

Padalko said it was probably the most curious experience she had encountered in her 20 years as a presenter.

"Live broadcasting is wonderful because it is always unpredictable," she said.

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The mother of three said the broken tooth resulted from an accident with her daughter more than 10 years ago.

Her daughter grabbed a heavy metal alarm clock and swung it around while she was sleeping, hitting her in the mouth as she yawned.

Padalko recently decided to have a "radical repair" but forgot to avoid biting on hard food until the end of her treatment.

She said her colleague wrote to her saying, "you reacted as if you lost your teeth every day".

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Padalko said she was impressed by the amount of support she had received.

And in true newsreader style, she signed off her post.

"In any situation, keep calm," she said.

"See you tomorrow morning."

Padalko has been sharing media clips from around the world to her Instagram account.

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