Ultimately the moment was laughed off, and Ellis went viral as the man who allowed flatulence to be part of an official weather forecast.
If kids weren’t banned from the newsroom at the WLBT studios, one would think they are now.
That turned out to be a huge mistake as his little co-host proceeded to tell the good people of Jackson, Mississippi that the area was covered in “toots and farts” before being whisked off camera by another adult.
When weatherman Patrick Ellis had a child run onto the set smack dab in the middle of his forecast, he figured he’d play off the moment and allow his new friend to help him deliver the news.