A Mexican TV station's solar eclipse coverage was interrupted by the unexpected sight of a man’s… well, manhood, sparking online speculation, including a theory involving musician Tommy Lee.
Who knew someone’s family jewels had the ability to overshadow the Sun and the Moon? In a hilarious and highly inappropriate mistake or cleverly planted dirty prank (it is still yet to be clarified), a pair of testicles was shown on Mexico's RCG Media on Monday (April 8).
As news anchors were commenting just as the 2024 North American solar eclipse entered totality, the situation became totally nuts (literally) when they cut to a different angle of a bright light, presumably the Sun.
Footage that has been circulating on social media shows the mystery person’s crown jewels, giving viewers a brief yet up-close look at the intimate body anatomy.
The 2024 eclipse broadcast on Mexican TV was slightly overshadowed by the accidental showing of a man's genitals
Image credits: Pexels/Drew Rae
Out of the three anchors, two of them, who were women, were visibly shocked, as the oblivious male anchor seemingly didn’t realize what had happened at the time.
RCG Media has since approached the whole situation with humor, posting the daring clip on their official X page (formerly known as Twitter), asking their viewers: “How did you see the eclipse? Ours was [two egg emojis].”
The Mexican media had asked viewers to send in personal eclipse footage, which, in hindsight, was a very risky idea, TMZ reported.
Mexico's RCG Media had reportedly asked viewers to send in personal eclipse footage
Image credits: RCG media
Naturally, the Internet has had a field day trying to find out who had been bold enough to send in such footage to a national news channel.
Theories quickly began to spread that the man’s goods belonged to none other than Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.
The 61-year-old rockstar posted and deleted an eerily similar eclipse re-creation with his testicles, which might have, somehow, leaked into the RCG control room, TMZ reported.
Two of the anchors were stunned upon realizing what had just aired on their network
Image credits: RCG media
Nevertheless, it was revealed today (April 10) by the tabloid news organization that the sacred package did not, in fact, belong to Tommy. As a result, the culprit is yet to be caught.
More than 30 million people were able to see the eclipse’s path of totality on Monday, making it a pretty unique event.
Those on the path of totality were mainly in the US states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Maine.
You can watch the hilarious incident below:
However, eclipse viewers near Torreón, Mexico, experienced totality for the longest, with the impressive phase lasting four minutes and 28 seconds.
Bored Media has contacted RCG Media for comment.
The major TV blunder sparked funny reactions from viewers on social media
