Have you ever seen someone faint before?
Contrary to the “hand to forehead, falling gently into the arms of handsome stranger” scenario most of us imagine, fainting is not a glamorous exercise.
You sweat profusely, swagger a bit, fall in a clump on the dinner table and potentially throw up afterwards.
Unless you’re Rachel Mackley, that is.
Beautiful blonde Mackley is the BBC weather presenter, and she upheld a steely British resolve when she fainted on air this week.
Rachel looks to the left of the set and announces very politely, “I’m so sorry, I’m going to faint”.
The camera then cuts back to anchor Rob Evans, who says — wait for it — “Quick, quick chaps, if we could sort Rachel out there.”
Chaps.
I can promise you, if this was an Australian news show, it would go something like this:
Rachel: “Oh, Sh*t, gemme a seat. I’m gonna pass out.”
Rob: “F*ck! Mate! Is she alright? F*CK!”
Female anchor: *pisses herself laughing*
Would you take a look at those faces? English people are just so lovely.
The most impressive part of the whole episode was Rachel’s unflinching performance leading into the faint — not a stumble, gag, or bead of sweat in sight.
BBC South East confirmed Rachel was totally fine, with a tweet assuring us all that she was no longer, ya know…
…under the weather.