Any career that unfolds in the public eye has its share of regular hazards.
After all, it only takes one mental lapse for an unfathomably humiliating mistake to plague you for years thereafter.
Sports anchor Jake Gadon of KOVR in Sacramento, California, did not commit an error that rose to quite that level of embarrassment, but he did attract attention on the social media platform X for all the wrong reasons.
Earlier this week, during a spot for “Primetime Sacramento” on KMAX-TV — KOVR’s sister station in The Golden State’s capital city — Gadon, seated in a swiveling office chair, discussed the Las Vegas Raiders’ recent decision to fire head coach Antonio Pierce.
It sounded like any other sports report from a local television station. But it did not look that way.
An advertisement featuring musical star Rihanna appeared on the second of two computer screens behind Gadon. The ad, which showed the singer modeling red lingerie, took up much of the screen.
According to People Magazine, Rihanna modeled a new Valentine’s Day offering from her own lingerie brand, Savage X Fenty.
California-based freelance journalist Matthew Keys called attention to the racy ad on Gadon’s computer.
“Hey, @JakeGadon_TV, what,