--- title: Boy Interrupts Mother's Live TV Interview to Ask for Cookies description: Sky News foreign affairs editor Deborah Haynes had a live interview interrupted by her son, and his request for "two biscuits." canonical: https://time.com/5862352/boy-biscuits-sky-news-interview-video/ author: Sanya Mansoor article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-07-01T22:00:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:29.716Z og:title: Relatable Child Interrupts His Mother's Live TV Interview to Ask for Cookies og:description: The boy's mother confirmed later that 'his high-stakes negotiating skills netted him two chocolate digestives' og:url: https://time.com/5862352/boy-biscuits-sky-news-interview-video/ 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: Relatable Child Interrupts His Mother's Live TV Interview to Ask for Cookies twitter:description: The boy's mother confirmed later that 'his high-stakes negotiating skills netted him two chocolate digestives' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Relatable Child Interrupts His Mother's Live TV Interview to Ask for Cookies > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Sanya Mansoor](https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Jul 1, 2020 10:00 PM UTC  by [Sanya Mansoor](https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/)  ## Sanya Mansoor Jul 1, 2020 10:00 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1278362217776394242) A hungry boy who just wanted “two biscuits” — because who doesn’t want two biscuits, really? — broadcast his desire for sustenance to thousands of British TV viewers Wednesday when he interrupted his mother’s interview with Sky News. In a plea all too familiar to parents [cooped up at home with their children](https://time.com/5804176/coronavirus-childcare-nannies/) during the work day, Sky News foreign affairs editor Deborah Haynes is left pleading in turn with her son to “hold on, one second” as he enters her home office, and the frame, and continues his sweet tooth-inspired monologue. “Mommy, can I have two biscuits?” he asks. Haynes quickly submits to her son’s demands, saying that yes, he can indeed have two biscuits. “I’m really sorry about that,” Haynes continued, describing herself as “very embarrassed” before the news segment cut back to news anchor Mark Austin. “We’ll leave Deborah Haynes in full flow there with some family duties,” he explained, because “that’s what happens during lockdown.” **Read more:** [_How COVID-19 Has Created a Childcare Catch-22 for Working Families_](https://time.com/5836309/coronavirus-childcare-working-families/) The little boy’s clever cookie cameo was appreciated by many on social media, with people admiring his scene-stealing moment, relating to his love of baked good (and also noting there was [no reason](https://twitter.com/nicolewong/status/1278414658202816513) for Haynes, a working mom, to need to apologize for the moment either). > [](https://twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1278404657992392704) Most importantly, the child’s plan worked. 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