--- title: Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland First Minister News Report VIDEO description: It's not every day that a world leader walks into the frame of a news report about herself, but for Nicola Sturgeon, Wednesday was that day. canonical: https://time.com/4748280/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-first-minister-news-report/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-20T15:27:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:32.396Z og:title: Scotland's First Minister Crashed a News Report About Herself og:description: Thank you for this gift, Internet og:url: https://time.com/4748280/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-first-minister-news-report/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Scotland's First Minister Crashed a News Report About Herself twitter:description: Thank you for this gift, Internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Scotland's First Minister Crashing a News Report About Herself Is the Internet's Latest Gift > Sponsored content. 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British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced her intention to call a snap general election on June 8, an unexpected move intended to cement her position as Brexit negotiations begin._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 20, 2017 3:27 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 20, 2017 3:27 PM UTC It’s not every day that a [world leader](http://motto.time.com/4717022/theresa-may-nicola-sturgeon-respond-daily-mail-legsit/) happens to walk into the frame of a news report about herself, but for [Scottish First Minister](http://time.com/4715337/scottish-parliament-independence-referendum/) [Nicola Sturgeon](http://time.com/4479135/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-reveals-she-had-devastating-miscarriage/), Wednesday was that day. As BBC News reporter Nick Eardley delivered an on-the-move breakdown of the challenges Sturgeon faces in the U.K.’s upcoming 2017 general election, the First Minister sauntered up behind the unwitting journalist. She then executed an epic videobomb by throwing her arm around Eardley’s shoulder, earning a surprised, “hello,” out of him. For his part, Eardley — who was in the midst of reporting on Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson’s comment that Scotland had reached “[peak Nat](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/08/ruth-davidson-scotland-has-passed-peak-nat-after-snp-election-bl/)” after the National Party lost seats in last year’s parliament election — still managed a smile despite seeming genuinely taken aback by Sturgeon’s interruption. 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