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Kiwi spoof of BBC interview goes viral

A Kiwi spoof of the now infamous BBC TV interview with Korean politics expert Professor Robert Kelly, which was gatecrashed by his two children, has gone worldwide.

Among the websites to pick up TV3's Jono and Ben version of the interview are US sites Perez Hilton and People.

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Feeding a baby, cleaning a toilet and disarming a bomb; a comedy show uses a female correspondent to spoof the BBC video of the professor whose kids walked in on his interview.

The spoof featured actress Renee Lyons giving an interview while undertaking various tasks, including ironing a shirt, washing up and defusing a bomb.

In the original interview, Kelly was seen struggling to stay focused while his four-year-old daughter and nine-month-old son both bowled into his home office before being extracted by his wife.

The skit has already had 3.8m views and 71,000 shares on Jono and Ben's own Facebook page.

Williams said: "It's a really funny take and gender stuff is really hot at the moment so it was nice to poke fun at it in a light-hearted way. I'm not sure we've ever had any videos go around the world, let alone two in one day [the other being host Jono Pryor's tears at the sudden death of a close friend]." 

Lyons may find herself becoming an expert at multi-tasking. Jono and Ben co-star Guy Williams says she is pregnant with twins.

Lyons, who has appeared on Jono and Ben and Funny Girls, also appears on TV1's drama 800 Words as shop owner Brenda.

Stuff.co.nz