Pokemon Go: News anchor accidentally walks through live weather report while playing app
AMERICAN news reader Allison Kropff sauntered through co-host Bobby Deskins' weather forecast while she was fixated on her phone playing Pokemon Go yesterday.
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Hilarious moment Pokemon GO obsessed news presenter wanders in front of live weather forecast
While Deskins was midway through reporting the weather in Florida, Kropff crossed in front of the camera, not seeming to realise, interrupting his broadcast.
Airing live on US network 10News WTSP, Deskins was taken aback at first.
He seemed to know exactly what his colleague was doing on her phone, immediately asking as she disappeared off screen: "Is that Pokemon?"
Pokemon Go interrupts Florida's weather forecast
Allison Kropff sauntered through co-host Bobby Deskins' weather forecast
Deskins found it tricky to carry on his presenting role as he was laughing so much, and warned viewers about paying attention to where you’re going while glued to the Pokemon Go app.
"She’s looking for Pokemon! You guys have got to be careful with these phones and this Pokemon. You’re just walking around all over the place," he said.
Kropff didn't reappear on camera but later declared her obsession with the game on Twitter.
Pokemon "appear" around you (on your phone screen) so you can collect them
She wrote: "That moment you realize you may be addicted to #PokémonGO."
The game uses your phone’s GPS and clock to make Pokemon "appear" around you (on your phone screen) so you can collect them, as is the objective in the cartoon series from which it originates.
As you move around, different and more types of Pokemon will appear depending on where you are and what time it is. The idea is to encourage you to travel around the real world to catch Pokemon in the game.