Kay Burley: Sky News presenter responds after being called out over awkward Twitter mishap

Kay Burley, 58, was trolled on the micro-blogging site after she informed her 427,000 followers she would be jumping off a mountain today while going paragliding. A social media user asked the Sky News anchor if she would be paragliding “without a harness” and added they “hoped so”. The journalist retweeted the post and fumed: “Wonder how brave keyboard warriors would be if they were face to face with my 6’ sons and his mates.”(sic) But the broadcaster completed the caption with an aubergine emoji which is commonly used as a substitute for a penis.

Many fans flocked to comment on Kay’s tweet, with many letting the commentator know she appeared to have used the emoji incorrectly.

One person joked: “Just out of curiosity… how do you know his mates'[aubergine emoji] are so impressive?”

Another person said: “I reckon I could take him. No issue with you, just want to fight a 6 foot aubergine.”

A third person commented: “Placement of the [aubergine] emoji here raises a lot of questions I don’t want answers to.”

While a fourth added: “The [aubergine emoji] takes this in a very disturbing direction.”

Kay later tried to clear up her use of the aubergine emoji but it did little to stop the jokes from coming her way.

She penned: “It means the bloke was a d**k!”

More people came forward to correct the correspondent, with one person saying: “No it doesn’t!”

Another person said: “It really doesn’t Kay.”

The emoji drama comes after she initially shared a video of herself explaining that she was going paragliding in Chamonix, in the Swiss Alps.

In the caption she wrote: “Jumping off a mountain today. Quite literally…”

She laughed as she said in the video: “I’m going to give it a go! What could possibly go wrong?”

Kay also shared a snap of herself as she paraglided with her instructor.

The news anchor said: “One of the best days of my life,” followed by a blush face emoji.

Kay is the mother of one son, Alexander Kutner, whom she shares with former husband and football agent Steve Kutner.

source: express.co.uk