It was supposed to be a story about shark sightings, but it became an eyewitnesses account of love at first sight.
Wendy Burch, a KTLA reporter, was interviewing beach wanderers on Salt Creek Beach in California about recent sightings of a large shark in the area, when a handsome young jogger named James caught her eye.
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She asked him about the recent shark sightings, and he opined that he thought it was all drummed-up panic from the media. It soon became clear that Burch wasn’t listening to a word he was saying, so taken was she by his formidable physique.
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After his spiel, she coyly shook his hand and babbled, “I love that guy. I have nothing else to say.” But as he began jogging out of her life for good, she abruptly dropped her microphone and chased after the Australian.
Her colleague Jennifer Gould joked on Twitter, “Shark… everyone was looking down under.”
Burch’s response:
There was a moment there when I looked into his eyes…. and completely forgot what we were talking about
? https://t.co/FDkKqJ8CyA— Wendy Burch (@goodnewswendy) July 6, 2016
Watch the summer love unfold in real-time:
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Hmmm…I dunno, girlfriend.
ethan_hines
Ok so now QUERTY reports on hetero relationships too huh? Great……….
He BGB
Americans get moist from a British accent I guess.
zipperzone
I’d hardly describe him as a hunk…….
startenout
I love that their Live logo gives him a halo, too. I’d fall for his Australian accent.
KentuckyGent
Seriously, y’all?
Were you that desperate for a story for your mail-blast list? Friend of my uncle’s bestie’s cousin’s housekeeper in L.A. says the only reason Wendy Burch pulled that stunt was for the publicity. Score!!
Congrats, Queerty. You just helped Los Angeles’s biggest narcissist score another media hit. And, yeah, WTF makes this Queerty-worthy in the first place?
Berkleyguy
I have to admit that I love the Autralian accent – it’s always been a turn on for me. I would have chased him down the beach – lol!
ErikO
Why is this even on an LGBT news site anyway? Is this woman bisexual?
DuMaurier
I don’t remotely get why this story is here but somehow I like it.
brparkrunner
Right up front I expected a funny news story, a cute guy with an Aussie accent and a female reporter. Some of you hopeless homely homos need to start your own gay CNN.
BigWill
Cute. When she said “Thank you…in more ways than you know” I LOL’d.
Dave Downunder
@He BGB: Who had the British accent?
throwslikeagirl
If the genders were reversed, the reporter would be having some serious problems with the public and the producers.
DMRX
@Dave Downunder: Just another case of an idiot not reading the article, much less watching the video, before commenting.