Moment when a Canadian TV reporter suffers a medical emergency live on air – telling presenter she’s ‘not feeling well’ and spitting out words before staring eerily blank
- Canadian news reporter Jessica Robb suffered a medical emergency during the broadcast
- Robb seemed weak and began repeating her words over the six o’clock news
- She reports for CTV in Edmonton, who said she was ‘better’ and ‘rested’
- After saying she was “okay,” her Twitter profile was made private
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A Canadian news reporter passed out and appeared to have a medical emergency live on air this weekend.
Jessica Robb was hosting a segment on the six o’clock news on CTV on Sunday when she appeared faint, began repeating her words and telling the host, “I’m not feeling well.”
Her report was cut short and the in-studio host, Nahreman Issa, assured viewers that Robb was not alone and had support.
Hours later, both Robb and CTV Edmonton, where Robb works, posted tweets suggesting her recovery was underway, but not long after, Robb’s tweets were made private.
In a statement shared to DailyMail.com on Monday afternoon, she said, “A very personal and vulnerable moment unfolded on Sunday evening as I covered the broadcast live.”
Jessica Robb (pictured on air on Sunday) passed out and appeared to have a medical emergency live on air this weekend
In a tweet that has since been made private, Robb said she was “okay.”
Robb began the segment by speaking coherently about how families of victims are feeling three years after the downing of flight PS752 by the Iranian military.
“Families push the FBI… push the FBI…” she said, stumbling over her words and stuttering.
As she grew fainter and seemed to lose her balance, she said, “Sorry Nahreman. I’m, I’m, 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 we’ll make sure Jessica is okay.” Thank you.’
CTV Edmonton said on its official Twitter page that Robb was ‘better’ and ‘rested’
In the moments before the camera returned to Issa, Robb began to creep forward, wobbling.
A few hours later, CTV Edmonton said on its official Twitter page, “Thank you to everyone who inquired about our reporter getting sick during the 6 p.m. news. Jessica Robb is feeling better and is now resting.’
Around the same time, Robb posted on her own Twitter that she was “okay.”
“Thanks to everyone who reached out, my cameraman, @Stmcclune for being there for me, and @NahremanIssaCTV for being an absolute pro (as usual),” she said.
The anchor’s Twitter profile went private shortly after, but it’s not clear why.
Robb works as a news anchor for Canadian broadcaster CTV in Edmonton
To everyone who has reached out with supportive messages of well wishes and concern, thank you. It was overwhelming, and while I can’t get to all the messages, please know that I’ve seen them and appreciate them all,” she said in the statement.
She added: “I have also received an overwhelming amount of harassment and hate coupled with false theories about the reason for the incident.
While I will not share private medical information publicly, I can say that there is no cause for concern and that my understanding of my own medical background provides a reasonable explanation for what happened.
“However, I can confirm that the situation was in no way related to the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Last October, an Oklahoma news anchor also began gargling her words as she began to suffer 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 from her teleprompter.
A few days later, Chin took to Facebook to explain that she was in good health and that the doctor thought she had “the beginnings of a stroke, but not a full-blown stroke.”
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