NEW YORK, June 30 (UPI) -- Mario Diaz, a local news reporter for New York City's WPIX, was standing on a street in Manhattan during his live coverage of Shia LaBeouf's recent arrest when a woman in a large white hat tried to kiss him on the cheek.
"Excuse me," Diaz said, barely missing a beat of his broadcast. He pushed her away with his hand and brought the incident back to his report.
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LaBoeuf "had been able to avoid the cameras," Diaz said, "unlike myself, who could't avoid a fan just now who tried to kiss me."
The "fan" turned out to be singer Erykah Badu.
Badu confirmed subsequent reports that she was the woman in the hat in a Twitter apology to Diaz.
@MarioPIX11 sorry Mario. :-)))))
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) June 28, 2014Just another Monday right @fatbellybella ?
— Mario Diaz (@MarioPIX11) June 30, 2014
