Here's Erykah Badu Trying to Kiss a Reporter on Live TV
Mario Diaz, from New York's PIX11, was reporting on professional miscreant Shia LeBeouf when Erykah Badu, wearing a comically large white hat, walks by and does as anyone would do given the opportunity to crash a live broadcast: she tries to kiss him.
Badu apologized to Diaz on Twitter, but did not (and she should never) explain why she punk'd him on-air.
@MarioPIX11 sorry Mario. :-)))))
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) June 28, 2014
He replied to her with lyrics from Prince's "Kiss."
@fatbellybella I get it because... "Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with I just want your extra time and your..... kiss"
— Mario Diaz (@MarioPIX11) June 28, 2014
Diaz's wife and two-year-old were there with him when Badu tried to get a smooch. His wife does not care/is amused.
@fatbellybella #Btw my wife and 2-year-old were 20 yards away when it happened... She saw the roll up, you putting on hat & everything.
— Mario Diaz (@MarioPIX11) June 28, 2014
@fatbellybella After she figured out what really happened she laughed and said, "Great taste." Next time I won't do the NYC push back.
— Mario Diaz (@MarioPIX11) June 28, 2014
Apparently, these kind of things happen to Diaz every decade or so. He was overdue for another bizarre celebrity encounter. From PIX11:
In 1993, while announcing the second title fight between heavyweights Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, a paraglider crashed a few feet away from Diaz's broadcast position.
A few years later, Diaz was photobombed by Tiger Woods while doing a report prior to his first professional victory.
