Channel 9 news reader Kate Collins's hair-raising experience

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Caught out on hair

A blooper of big hair proportions as Channel 9 Adelaide's Kate Collins was caught out on air.

Channel 10 news presenters Belinda Heggen and Mark Aiston have a good chemistry on air - maybe a little TOO good, if this broadcast was anything to go by. Source: Supplied

TV presenter Kate Collins. (Pic: Ben Scadden) Source: AdelaideNow

Collins, who has been with Channel 9 in Adelaide since 2006, has been caught out preening herself and fixing her hair.

The footage has made its way on to YouTube and is expected to go viral.

It is the second time an Adelaide news reader's gaffe has appeared on YouTube.

In February what started as a joke between Channel 10 news reader Belinda Heggen and sports presenter Mark Aiston became an online sensation.

In a moment that has now made its way to Perez Hilton's website (among others), Heggen makes a, er, physically suggestive remark after a story about the Ashes urn returning to England.

"Belinda, I just can't understand how something so small can be so impressive," Aiston says, to which Heggen replies: "Well Mark, you would know about that." The clip has sparked both amusement and outrage across the blogosphere.

Internationally regarded news site The Huffington Post posted it under the headline, "Anchor jokes about co-host's penis size on Live TV", which drew more than 700 comments.

Women's interest site Jezebel also referred to the moment and wondered whether Heggen had since been disciplined for the derogatory remark.

Interestingly, the clip has since been removed from YouTube because of copyright infringement.

As for whether Heggen has been disciplined, a Ten spokeswoman said: "Not at all. It was all just a bit of fun and it's not something she is regretting either.

"Mark doesn't have a problem with it."