BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri, who apologised for making some gaffe that was captured at the start of a programme, was glad to see the full video uploaded on social media.

“I think I’m glad this is out there, as it shows I WAS having a bit of a joke with the crew during the countdown,” she said in a post on X, erstwhile Twitter, on Friday.

Moshiri, an Iranian-British woman, was criticised earlier this month after she was caught making an inappropriate gesture at the start of the BBC’s Daily Global programme.

Maryam Moshiri, who has worked for BBC as a Lead News Presenter since 2003, was announced as the chief presenter for the channel’s successful The Daily Global show in June 2023. The morning programme was slated to provide viewers “with an in-depth rundown of some of the day’s significant stories from around the world.”

The 10-second clip was widely circulated online, triggering wild reactions online from social media users.

She had apologised for a “silly joke” meant for friends but not for a live broadcast. “When we got to 1 I turned [my] finger around as a joke and did not realise that this would be caught on camera,” she had written in her post when her clip went viral on social media.

“I’m so sorry it went out on air! It was not my intention for this to happen and I’m sorry if I offended or upset anyone,” she said on December 7. Moshiri was back on working on December 10.

But the new 13-second video shows how the anchorperson was making gestures when the channel was around 10 second away from getting on air. It was like sports players making count down before start of the play as it is seen in major cricket events.

In her post on X, which till Saturday morning garnered over 2.7 million views, she clarified that it was neither the BBC nor her who released the video. But Moshiri again apologised for the gaffe.

“So sorry it went out on air. It was meant to be a private laugh.”