Reporter keeps her cool after cockroach lands on her during live report

A journalist somehow managed to keep calm and continue reporting the news when a flying cockroach suddenly landed on her during a live broadcast.

A journalist somehow managed to keep calm and continue reporting the news when a flying cockroach suddenly landed on her during a live broadcast.

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Reporter Rachel Menitoff, who works for the Los Angeles-based station KTLA News, was delivering a nighttime news report about extreme heat causing dangerous conditions from Sherman Oaks, California, on July 15. But her segment was interrupted by a creepy critter.

In a clip shared by Menitoff on Instagram, a large cockroach lands on her neck and crawls up her body before flying away.