{"id":544222,"date":"2021-05-28T13:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544222"},"modified":"2021-05-28T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:05:25","slug":"those-things-gross-me-out-cnn-reporter-responds-after-cicada-crashes-his-live-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/those-things-gross-me-out-cnn-reporter-responds-after-cicada-crashes-his-live-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Those Things Gross Me Out\u2019: CNN Reporter Responds After Cicada Crashes His Live Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthose-things-gross-me-out-cnn-reporter-responds-after-cicada-crashes-his-live-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=544222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-28-at-11.02.15-AM-e1622221001212.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CNN\u2019s chief congressional reporter Manu Raju reacted Friday to video of himself battling a cicada as it attempted to crash his live shot.<\/p>\n<p>Raju joined CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day\u201d to recap the \u201chorrific incident,\u201d where he admitted that his children were fascinated by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/26\/patriots-have-you-seen-cicadas-yet-infestation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cicadas<\/a> and loved the video. \u201cMe, maybe not so much,\u201d he laughed. <strong><a class=\"text-black\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/27\/fcking-cicada-cnn-manu-raja-bug-crawls-neck\/\">(RELATED: \u2018F*cking Cicada\u2019: CNN Reporter Absolutely Loses It As Huge Bug Crawls Up His Neck On Camera)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cManu, I understand something has really been bugging you lately,\u201d Keilar laughed as she introduced the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do they get there into the \u2014 where were you, in the Russell Rotunda, right?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/20\/cnns-brianna-keilar-hannity-trump-interview-mean-girls-group-chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keilar<\/a> asked as they cut back to the studio. \u201cWhat was going \u2014 how do they even get in there, and \u2014 gross, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, look. The context here is important. You know, a couple minutes before that happened, there was actually another cicada that allegedly fell out of my pocket,\u201d Raju explained that he had been outside before the shot and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/26\/patriots-have-you-seen-cicadas-yet-infestation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">insect<\/a> must have hitched a ride inside the building on his clothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I was preparing for the live shot, as you saw, and it crawled out and I thought it was maybe my cord at the back of my neck. No it was one of those buggers that was clawing at my neck,\u201d Raju laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Raju went on to say that there had been some discussion among his crew as to whether he should share he video and then, once they decided \u201cthe world needs to see this,\u201d a coordinated effort to bleep out all the profanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gotta tell you, those things gross me out. But my 5-year-old twins \u2014 they love cicadas. All they do is talk about them. They put them on their hands. They\u2019re on the cicada research committee on their pre-k class in school. So I can tell you, they love the video,\u201d Raju added. \u201cMe, maybe not so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I just say, I don\u2019t think I\u2019m ever going to get over the fact that the first thing you said to us was \u2018the context here is important.\u2019 Cicada attack. The context here is important as if we were talking about the background behind a bill before the U.S. Senate. Manu, where do you find the strength in that moment when you were under attack?\u201d Berman asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was hard. It was hard. I held back my tears. But, you know, I was only able to go to sleep because I was at the Capitol until probably 11:00, midnight or so and up until about 2 a.m. Otherwise it might have been hard to fall asleep after such a horrific incident,\u201d Raju replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHorrific. Look, I think that that bug, that cicada just knew that you\u2019re very informed and he or she wanted some information about the filibugster or the insect structure bill that Congress may soon be considering. They knew you were the guy, Manu,\u201d Keilar joked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr wanted his or her moment on live TV, which would have happened if we were waiting for Joe Biden to finish speaking,\u201d Raju explained. \u201cSo if he finished a few moments earlier, could have been that bug\u2019s moment in the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManu Raju, we are glad you\u2019re okay. That\u2019s all we can say. Be well. God speed. Be safe when you go back up to the Capitol today,\u201d Berman concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will. I\u2019ll wear a face shield or something,\u201d Raju laughed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN\u2019s chief congressional reporter Manu Raju reacted Friday to video of himself battling a cicada as it attempted to crash his live shot.Raju joined CNN\u2019s \u201cNew Day\u201d to recap the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313399,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-28-at-11.02.15-AM-e1622221001212.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Those Things Gross Me Out\u2019: CNN Reporter Responds After Cicada Crashes His Live Shot","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-28-at-11.02.15-AM-e1622221001212.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Those Things Gross Me Out\u2019: CNN Reporter Responds After Cicada Crashes His Live Shot","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}