Recently, a Pakistani anchor Nida Yasir hilarious questions about F1 cars went viral. The anchor can be heard asking two students, “Did you experiment the formula”, when she is told that the car is a ‘formula’ car.
The anchor further asks whether the car has horn just like regular cars and whether a formula one car drives as fast as a ‘petrol wali’ car.
The interview was telecasted back in 2016, but after getting resurfaced on Twitter, has gone viral with netizens wondering whether the anchor did any preparation before taking interview.
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Talk show hosts are arguably the biggest gold mine for hilarious content. Hosts across the world are at times caught in a place where they may not possess enough information on the subject matter. Yet, they plough through and make the best out of the said situation. However, some times, the strategy backfires and their lack of insight is laughed upon by people.
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The Facts of the Matter
In one such incident, a Pakistani news anchor became the laughing stock of netizens across India and even Pakistan itself. In 2016, talk show host Nida Yasir had a couple of bright Pakistan students in her talk show ‘Good Morning Pakistan’.
The host and the students indulged in light-hearted conversation about Formula 1 cars. Little did the host know that the 2016 interview would go viral and she would be the laughing stock for trolls across the two nations.
In the 2016 episode of ‘Good Morning Pakistan, host Nida had invited bright students Abdul and Mohammad from Pakistan’s National University of Sciences and Technology. The two students had made a completely electric Formula 1 car for a competition that was to be held in USA.
“So You Started Off Slow with 1-Person Car?”: Nida Yasir
Due to her lack of knowledge about Formula 1 cars, Nida asks the two students how many people can the car have in it. The students politely tell her, “The car seats 1 person as it’s a Formula 1 car”. The host, who probably didn’t know much about Formula 1 cars then quizzes the students, “So basically you’ve started off slow with 1-person seat”.
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The Guests Try Clearing the Air
Her guests then continue telling her what the car is all about and say, “No. Basically ma’am, this is a Formula car”, to which the host retorts, “So you’ve made the formula. Did you experiment the formula in the car?”
The students again try to correct the host and say, “It’s a Formula 1 car. In a formula 1 car, only one person can be seated. It’s just a racing car”.
Getting the message, the host then asks the students whether they’ve sat in the car to which she’s said that they have sat in the car and driven it as well.
“Horns Are Very Necessary in Pakistan”
She again asks a dubious question to the students. “Have you given any option for horn like other cars have?” Her talk show guests politely reply, “Yes ma’am,” and she instantly replies, “Horns are very necessary in Pakistan.”
Watch The Clip Here:
This woman just set formula racing back 3 decades pic.twitter.com/iaY7n5AO2X
— Arhum (@arhuml92) September 3, 2021
Netizen’s Reaction to Nida Yasir’s Blunder
The combination of her lack of insight and her style of asking the questions caught the fancy of netizens. Soon, twitteratis shared the clip of the talk show and wondered why the host wasn’t aware of what she was asking about.
Pakistan is formula 1 car and our PM is nida yasir pic.twitter.com/BqjeyvGHOv
— Mahaaaaa ☠️ ||Stan Nora❤|| (@jattdiipasand) September 5, 2021
Such an embarrassment….an experienced host like Nida Yasir doesn't do a basic research about the topic and guest she is gonna take interview of. A young kid would also know about Formula 1 car. And if not, atleast study it.
Meanwhile guest: WTF man! Hum kidhar agaey!#nidayasir pic.twitter.com/M1zcsEWQJR— Amna Sheikh (@amnasheikh26) September 5, 2021
this is exactly how everyone should talk to men about their sports interest only to see them lose their shit. Go Nida Yasir 👑 https://t.co/NXKmtl9Bst
— Manal (@meemelif) September 4, 2021
Nida yasir planning to invite herself on her show. 🤫 #nidayasir pic.twitter.com/dyslBIMcxu
— Zunaira Ashraf (@ZunairaAshraff) September 6, 2021
Camera man reactions while recording the morning show of Nida Yasir related to formula-1 racing car! pic.twitter.com/uXEP0EONnW
— h-m-m-a-d (@iamhmmad1) September 4, 2021
Overconfidence 9999
Awareness 0000#nidayasir pic.twitter.com/5RS3Z6eOsR— Suleman Saeed 🇵🇰👨💼 (@Suleman59887272) September 5, 2021
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Confusing Apple Inc to the Fruit
It should be noted that this is not the first time a Pakistani host became the laughing stock of the audience. Back in 2019, a news anchor went viral when she confused tech giant Apple Inc to the fruit. It so happened that a panelist shared a statistic saying, “Apple’s business is much larger than Pakistan’s entire budget.”
To this the naive reporter said, “Yes sir, I’ve heard that a single apple is also really expensive.” The panelist corrected her and said, “It’s Apple phones we are talking about not the fruit”.
Apple business and types of apple, just some regular tv shows in Pakistan.. pic.twitter.com/3Sr7IBl7ns
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) July 4, 2019