2016By Alex Putterman on

These Olympics have had their share of problems, from crime to infrastructure to bacteria, but at the end of the day, Rio is still the type of place where a parade of women can come marching down the beach at night, singing and chanting… and then crash your television set.

On Sunday, a Brazilian bachelorette party — or “hen party,” as the Brits say — made a surprise appearance during Dan Walker’s stand-up on BBC. Walker invited the bride onto the set, and it turned out pretty great.

But, wait, it gets better:

 

You know, we’ve heard so much media-bashing lately that it’s kind of refreshing to hear those chants of “BBC-BBC-BBC.” The media doesn’t have many friends, these days, but at least we can count Maria as one.

Maria went on to shout-out her fiancé, then make a “call-me” gesture (which you can see here depending where live).

As Walker pointed out on Facebook, “546 things could have gone wrong,” when he invited a drunken bride onto his live TV segment, but instead his interview with Maria resulted in enthusiastic chants about his network and a viral video.

Apparently enjoying the attention she received from her big BBC appearance, Maria joined Twitter to bask in the glory. Then her mom commented “God save the queen” on a BBC Facebook post.

About Alex Putterman

Alex is a writer and editor for The Comeback and Awful Announcing. He has written for The Atlantic, VICE Sports, MLB.com, SI.com and more. He is a proud alum of Northwestern University and The Daily Northwestern. You can find him on Twitter @AlexPutterman.

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