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What was the most catastrophic 'hot mic' moment in history? (hexbear.net)

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For anyone who hasn't heard the term, a 'hot mic' moment is when someone is done speaking on a microphone, but them makes an offhanded comment to themselves or someone, intended to be private, that is picked up by the mic and heard by everyone

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In 2005, French President Jacques Chirac was heard criticizing British cuisine to Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, saying "The only thing that they have ever done for European agriculture is mad cow disease" and "You can't trust people who cook as badly as that." He was also heard criticizing haggis, saying "that's where our problems with NATO come from", and that British food was the second worst "after Finland".

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

out of all the things to dump on british food about, haggis isn't one of them.

go put a napkin on your head and stuff your snout into some ortolan, Jacques "Off" Chirac. france-cool