This is the cringeworthy moment Sylvia Jeffreys flirts with a man on the Today programme after he is caught throwing a fishing line into flood waters in Melbourne.

Today show host Sylvia Jeffreys appeared flushed and unable to retain her composure during the interview with the bemused Melbourne truck driver on Friday morning.

Going out live to the man who was caught fishing under York Street bridge on Thursday, the interview takes an awkward turn when Jeffreys refers to the man's arms as 'guns' and asks to see his 'short shorts'.

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Mr Jordanou (pictured) is caught flexing his biceps, before Jeffreys asks him to do a 'full body' flex

'With those guns Paris, I reckon you could have pulled down the bridge behind you with your fishing rod,' she said.

The morning show host goes on to ask the man, Paris Jordanou, to do a 'full body' flex for the camera.

But Mr Jordanou ignores the request, instead distracted by his dog who he picks up and plants a kiss on.

The hilarious interview comes after 'the man of the moment' was caught throwing a fishing line into floodwaters just metres away from a car which was stuck under the bridge.

Mr Jordanou is caught fishing in flood waters underneath a bridge in Melbourne on Thursday

Mr Jordanou claims he was mocking the driver who made the silly attempt to drive his car through the waters.

'Every time this time of year someone usually drives in there,' he said.

'I was all ready with the fishing pole just being a larrikin in front of my mates.

'It all happened pretty organically, it was a light bulb moment.'

Mr Jordanou also poked fun at himself and joked about hooking the car with his rod.

'I came up short, but almost caught a (Toyota) Camry,' he said.

Sylvia Jeffreys (pictured) is seen blushing through the interview with the larrikin truck driver

The camera pans down to see the man's footy shorts after Jeffreys says 'let's see those shorts'

But it did not take long for Jeffreys and her co-host Tom Steinfort to move away from the fishing stunt and onto Mr Jordanou's 'rig'.

'Have you done a few bicep curls just with the chesty Bonds there before you jumped on this morning?' Steinfort asks.

To which Mr Jordanou was all too happy to laugh and say: 'Yeah, I'm not going to lie, I have. I did a couple of push ups before the interview'.

A short time later, Jeffreys asks to see the truck driver's short shorts before the camera pans down to reveal his extremely revealing footy shorts.

'We've been admiring your short shorts this morning,' she said.

'Let's see those shorts – show us your footy shorts.

'Is today leg day or arm day?'

Mr Jordanou is seen throwing a fishing line into the water just metres away from a car caught in floodwaters

The interview ends with Mr Jordanou pulling his dog up in front of the camera and kissing him

The hilarious interview ends with Mr Jordanou thanking the public for the 'good feedback'.

'I've had people ask me if I want to be Australian of the year, or prime minister,' he says.

And imitating US musician Kanye West's infamous presidential announcement, he said: 'As you probably could have noticed by this moment, in 2020 I'll be running for prime minister.'