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Moment Canadian TV reporter suffers medical emergency live: tells host she “doesn’t feel well” and slurps the words before staring blankly
- Canadian news reporter Jessica Robb suffered an on-air medical emergency
- Robb seemed weak and began repeating her words during the six o’clock news.
- She reports for CTV in Edmonton, who said she was ‘better’ and ‘resting’
- After saying he was “fine”, his Twitter profile went private.
A Canadian news reporter has passed out and appeared to be suffering from a medical emergency live this weekend.
Jessica Robb was hosting a segment on the CTV Six O’clock News on Sunday when she appeared to pass out, began repeating her words and told the anchor: “I’m not feeling well.”
His report was cut short, and in-studio host Nahreman Issa reassured viewers that Robb was not alone and that he had support.
Hours later, both Robb and CTV Edmonton, where Robb works, posted tweets suggesting his recovery was underway, but not long after Robb’s tweets went private.
In a statement shared with DailyMail.com on Monday afternoon, he said: “A very personal and vulnerable moment unfolded on Sunday night while I was reporting live.”
Jessica Robb (pictured on air Sunday) passed out and appeared to be suffering from a medical emergency live this weekend.
In a tweet that has since been made private, Robb said he was “fine.”
Robb began the segment by talking coherently about how the families of the victims feel three years after the downing of Flight PS752 by the Iranian military.
‘The families are pushing the feds to… pushing the feds to…’ he said, stumbling over his words and stuttering.
As he fainted more and more and seemed to lose his balance, he said: ‘I’m sorry, Nahreman. I’m not feeling very well right now and I’m about to…
She was then interrupted by Issa, who said, ‘Okay, we’ll get back to you and make sure Jessica is okay.’ Thanks.’
CTV Edmonton said on its official Twitter page that Robb was “better” and “resting.”
Moments before the camera returned to Issa, Robb began to move forward with a lurch.
A few hours later, CTV Edmonton said on its official Twitter page: “Thank you to everyone who asked about our reporter who got sick during the 6pm news.” Jessica Robb is feeling better and is now resting.
At around the same time, Robb posted on his own Twitter saying he was “fine”.
“Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me, my videographer, @Stmcclune for being there for me, and @NahremanIssaCTV for being an absolute professional (as always),” he said.
The presenter’s Twitter profile went private soon after, but it’s unclear why.
Robb works as a newscaster for the Canadian broadcaster CTV in Edmonton.
‘To everyone who has reached out with messages of support, well wishes and concern, thank you. It has been overwhelming, and while I cannot access all of the messages, please know that I have seen and appreciate every single one of them,” he said in the statement.
She added: ‘I have also received an overwhelming amount of harassment and hate, tied to false theories about the motive for the incident.
“While I will not publicly share private medical information, I can say that there is no cause for concern and that my understanding of my own medical history provides a reasonable explanation for what happened.
“However, I can confirm that the situation was in no way related to the COVID-19 vaccine.”
In October of last year, a news anchor in Oklahoma also began gargling her words on the air when she began having a stroke.
Julie Chin of Tulsa NBC affiliate KJRH was telling a story about NASA’s canceled Artemis-I launch when she suddenly found herself unable to pronounce the words she was reading on her teleprompter.
A few days later, Chin took to Facebook to explain that he was in good health and that the doctor believed he had “the beginning of a stroke, but not a full stroke.”