Tuesday, January 7, 2025

ESPN Reporter Mina Kimes got Embarrassed due to a Funny 'Mistake' during NFL LIVE, Video goes Viral

Voice of Media January 07, 2025 Journalist, Media

ESPN Reporter Mina Kimes made her fellow ESPN panelists laugh after a mistake during a taping of 'NFL LIVE' on Monday while Adam schefter, Marcus spears and Laura Rutledge were also present.

While Laura Rutledge and Adam Schefter were discussing injury updates around the league, Kimes suddenly stood up from her seat and walked in front of the camera. This would have been normal behavior if Kimes hadn't completely blocked the camera focused on Rutledge during the segment.

When Kimes realized what she had done, she backed away. Rutledge joked, "Get it, girl, back off one more time, we're going there."

Fellow analysts Marcus Spears and Dan Orlovsky could be heard yelling in the background as ESPN cameras showed Kimes with her hands over her face in embarrassment. "Just keep walking back and forth Mina," Schefter interjected. "This is great television."

When Spears pulled Kimes into his arms, Kimes began laughing. "Adam, Ze Flowers, what is he doing?" Rutledge finally mustered up the strength to stop laughing.

Adam Schefter, who mocked Kimes during her inexplicable mistake on live TV, then shared the clip on X. Thanks to Schefter's post, Kimes' not-so-proud moment went completely viral on social media.

Scouting report on @minakimes: next level camera awareness. pic.twitter.com/YuLrmuZAIU
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 6, 2025

Kimes found out about Schefter's post, and had to jokingly call out her ESPN colleague for playing a role in the virality of her embarrassing moment.

"Adam you look way too happy here," Kimes wrote on X.

Adam you look way too happy here imo https://t.co/wbn4H2YnYt
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) January 6, 2025

Kimes, 38, joined ESPN as a writer in 2014 after a highly successful stint as an investigative reporter. He graduated from Yale with highest honors in 2007. His stellar performance for ESPN earned him a spot on Netflix's pre-game Christmas Day NFL coverage alongside Drew Brees and Robert Griffin III.