Buttocks steal show during Mardi Gras news report

Amiah Walpool, 6, watches floats go by along the Seawall during the Mardi Gras Children's Parade, one of many parades during Mardi Gras! Galveston festivities Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Galveston. Amiah Walpool, 6, watches floats go by along the Seawall during the Mardi Gras Children's Parade, one of many parades during Mardi Gras! Galveston festivities Sunday, March 2, 2014, in Galveston. Photo: Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle Photo: Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 62 Caption Close Buttocks steal show during Mardi Gras news report 1 / 62 Back to Gallery

KPRC-TV reporter Samantha Ptashkin joined an exclusive club on Saturday night when a man's bare buttocks made an auspicious debut behind her during a live shot directly from Galveston's Mardi Gras celebrations.



She'll now be a part of every newscast blooper reel from here until eternity.



Ptashkin's live shot on Saturday began normal enough, with revelers throwing up metal horns and showing off their cans of Bud Light and girls showing off their beads, no doubt gained through acts their parents wouldn't condone. There are a lot of bleary eyes.



At the end of the segment, as Ptashkin kicks back to the folks in Houston, a pair of pale male butt cheeks enter the frame just behind her. She seems unaware, luckily, or she was being stoic.



The folks at sports media blog Deadspin were first on the draw with a quick Vine video of the incident. You can't see the butt in question on the KPRC site, but thankfully it lives on.



Ptashkin wasn't available for comment on Monday.

"We go to great lengths to make sure things like this don't happen," said Deborah Collura, news director with KPRC-TV. "But sometimes unfortunately you cannot avoid the stupidity of some people."



Sometimes TV crews will call in extra security or field producers to make sure things like this don't occur during a live shot.



"We do feel badly about it," said Collura. She said the station only got a handful of complaints.