Rachel Riley had her ‘Marilyn moment’ as she was caught off-guard by the wind while leaving the Countdown studio.
The 38-year-old presenter got a shock on Wednesday as she left the quiz show’s studios in Manchester.
Rachel was surprised by a gust of wind as she made her exit, with her short blonde locks flying across her face.
She was donning a figure-hugging red halterneck dress when she was snapped, paired with a cream cardigan.
Rachel finished off her look with a pair of chunky gold sandals and huge hoop earrings, as well as an elegant bracelet.
Rachel Riley had her ‘Marilyn moment’ as she was caught off-guard by the wind while leaving the Countdown studio in Manchester on Wednesday
The TV personality was slammed earlier this year for her ’embarrassing’ and ‘pathetic’ apology after being accused of ‘racism’ and ‘Islamophobia’ for her tweet about the Sydney mall massacre.
She then faced calls to be sacked from Channel 4 amid claims she appeared to falsely compare Saturday’s horror attack in Australia to Islamist terrorism.
The bloody rampage was carried out by English tutor Joel Cauchi, 40, from Queensland, who police said had been suffering from mental health issues. It had no link to terrorism, authorities confirmed.
In her now-deleted tweet, Riley appeared to link the violence, in which six people were killed before Cauchi was shot dead by police, to the ‘globalised Infitada’ movement – before later insisting her comments had been ‘misunderstood’.
‘Globalize the Intifada’ is a term often used by pro-Palestinian activists that calls for aggressive resistance against Israel and those who support the country – and has been linked to wide-spread demonstration and protests in London.
Riley – who is Jewish and has been vocal on her support of Israel amid the war on Gaza – has since released a grovelling apology on X in which she said she was ‘sorry’ if her message had been ‘misunderstood’.
But she faced furious backlash on social media over her ‘pathetic defence’ of the post, with one person declaring: ‘It’s getting embarrassing at this point. @channel4 sack this woman and put her out of her misery please.’
The 38-year-old presenter got a shock on Wednesday as she left the quiz show’s studios in Manchester
Rachel was surprised by a gust of wind as she made her exit, with her short blonde locks flying across her face
Rachel recently apologised after being accused of Islamophobia following her tweet about the Sydney mall massacre
‘Just to clarify, my intention with this tweet was not to say this attack was caused by any ideation or to link it to Islamic extremism,’ the presenter wrote.
Her apology came after she sparked mass outrage on X and was accused of writing a racist statement about the Sydney stabbing.
In the now-deleted tweet, Riley wrote: ‘For 6 months now, people have been out on our streets proudly calling for the ‘Intifada Revolution.
‘If you want to know what “Globalised Intifada” looks like, see the Sydney Mall.
In her apology, Riley said her message had been ‘misunderstood’ and that this was ‘not my intention’
Riley’s apology came after she sparked mass outrage on X and was accused of writing a racist statement about the Sydney stabbing (she is pictured on Countdown)
‘5 victims stabbed to death and 8 transferred to hospital, including a baby, due to one man and a knife.
‘In the second intifada over 1,000 Israelis were murdered in restaurants, on buses and in the streets by suicide bombings, stabbings, stoning, lynching, shooting rockets. The youngest victim was just 9 hours old.
‘Sydney mall, multiple times over is what they’ve been proudly calling for.’
