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The moment Guy Goma is introduced as Guy Kewney on live TV. (Supplied: BBC News)
It's 2006 and Guy Goma has a job interview with the BBC.
The data support cleanser waits patiently in the reception area of the BBC Television Centre in London for his interview with the IT department.
He's approached by a BBC staff member who asks if he's "Guy".
What happens next has been immortalised as one of the greatest live TV blunders of all time because the staff member who approached Guy wasn't from IT, he was a producer for News 24.
And the Guy the producer collected wasn't Guy Kewney, who had been booked to be interviewed on the program, but Guy Goma, who inadvertently went along for the ride.
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Since his accidental 15 minutes of fame in 2006, Guy Goma has been the epitome of keeping calm under pressure.
The video—in which Goma showed up for a job interview at the BBC and was mistaken for, quite literally, another Guy (technology journalist Guy Kewney)—has gone viral time and time again, thanks in no small part to how well Goma handled the situation after being thrust into a live on-air interview.
Now, two decades after the wholesome snafu, Goma has decided to impart some wisdom about turning a potentially catastrophic moment into one of pure grace.
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In May 2006, a scene unfolded in the BBC News studio that many people still share on social media today. A man named Guy Goma was sitting on a stool, looking very nervous during his famous accidental appearance. Despite the misunderstanding, he handled the interview quite well. Now, two decades later, Guy Goma has opened up about the experience, sharing how he managed to stay calm while the cameras were on him.
The confusion started at the BBC’s reception desk. Guy Goma, a computer technician, was at the studio for a standard job interview. At the same time, the producers were frantically looking for Guy Kewney, a technology expert scheduled to talk about a legal battle between Apple Corps and Apple Computer. Before anyone realized what was happening, Goma found himself sitting on set, wearing a microphone, and ready to go live.
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