Ugh, the irony is so thick with this story that you could cut it with the pointed head that this awful catcalling dude surely possesses.
BBC journalist Sarah Teale was filming a report outside a sexual harassment conference in Nottingham about the staggering statistics on people getting verbally abused in public. The good news is that she had the perfect ending to her report. The bad news is that the perfect ending meant someone hurling expletives at her.
"An online study showed that a shocking 95% of people said they had been harassed, jeered at, or had obscenities shouted at them in the street and a large proportion said they'd also been groped or grabbed inappropriately in public," Teale said before a man is heard offcamera yelling something. Teale motioned to the guy incredulously and quipped, "like that."
It's hard to tell what the comment was as most of it was bleeped out, but it's probably safe to say it was disgusting enough for Teale to look both appalled and angry. We definitely heard the presence of quite a few F-bombs.
"It's not banter, it's not funny and no-one should have to put up with it," Teale said about the incident. "It's fairly obvious from my reaction that it wasn't staged. If [cat calling] is a craze it doesn't make it any less offensive."
Thanks for proving her point, random catcaller. And, oh yeah, go to hell.