Millions of people have seen the viral video by now: Professor Robert Kelly was giving a live TV interview last Friday on South Korean politics when his children barged into the room and stole the show.
He forgot to lock his office door before a Skype call from the BBC, resulting in his kids’ unwanted entry.
Now Kelly, his wife Kim Jung-A and their two children have sat down for their first interview (with the Wall Street Journal) since the video went viral.
“It was funny,” Kelly admitted about the whole scenario.
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He continued: “If you watch the tape I was sort of struggling to keep my own laughs down. They’re little kids and that’s how things are.”
“He usually locks the door,” his wife Kim said to the Wall Street Journal. “Most of the time they come back to me after they find the locked door. But they didn’t. And then I saw the door was open. It was chaos for me.”
WATCH: Professor Kelly says he’s flattered by the many gentle sentiments his family has received.
Kelly, of the Department of Political Science at Pusan National University, was being interviewed on very serious subject — the impeachment of South Korea’s president —when one of his children walks into the frame dancing and wearing a bright yellow sweater.
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“I made this minor mistake that turned my family into YouTube stars. It’s pretty ridiculous,” Kelly said.
Many people took to Twitter after the follow-up interview to celebrate Kelly and his family.
The viral video has created such a buzz that social media has created a Twitter moment for the family.
With files from Emanuela Campanella
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