A Los Angeles reporter suffered a possible stroke during a live broadcast following the Grammys Sunday night.
Serene Branson was outside the Staples Center for CBS 2 News in Los Angeles and was set to share the "highlights and backstage coverage" from the music awards show when things went wrong.
The journalist's speech slurred almost immediately and became incomprehensible.
"Well, a very, very heavy burtation tonight," she started to say, but her words quickly melted into indecipherable sounds.
She struggled to speak for nearly 10 seconds, clearly aware she is having problems, before the video cut away to pre-recorded Grammy coverage.
CBS 2 News in LA remained quiet regarding what happened to Branson, but eventually released this statement, which contradicts earlier reports she had been hospitalized:
"Serene Branson was examined by paramedics on scene immediately after her broadcast. Her vital signs were normal. She was not hospitalized. As a precautionary measure, a colleague gave her a ride home and she says that she is feeling fine this morning."
Branson received two Emmy nominations and previously worked as a journalist for KCAL 9 in Sacramento.
"Sending my best to Serene Branson that she's ok," wrote Kim Baldonado, an NBC 4 News reporter in Los Angeles, via Twitter. "It doesn't sound like it's anything to laugh about."
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