"No, no, no," Cynthia Potter told a hastily assembled NBC television audience, when her husband Harry stepped into the bath in their suite at the Beijing Hyatt Regency Hotel. "That will never do. Poor entry, big splash. You lost your focus."
Cynthia Potter drew nationwide attention for her sharply critical commentary on men's and women's diving during the 2008 Summer Olympics. She apparently forget to turn off her lavaliere microphone or remove it from her NBC outfit when she and her husband went home after a night of women's diving.
Mr. Potter had just stepped into the bath when the criticism began.
"If I told you once, I told you a thousand times," Cynthia Potter told Harry. "You've got to stand properly next to the tub. The judges don't want to see your flabby behind sticking out toward the sink. That's no way to stand by the tub."
The criticism only stepped up as Mr. Potter got his feet into the water.
"You've got to be more precise than that," she said. "What a big splash. The housekeeping staff is going to have to dry that up, because I sure as hell won't."
Cynthia Potter told her husband, still unaware of the live feed, "I think you ought to go straight to the shower and think about your entry into the bath. Towel off, start again. Maybe you can still fight for a bronze."
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