Viral Video: Irish President's Dog Steals The Show On Live TV
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Misneach, the seven-month-old puppy, stole the limelight as President Michael D Higgins spoke to a news channel
A video of the President of Ireland's dog interrupting his address to a news channel to demand attention is winning hearts on social media. President Michael D Higgins was delivering a tribute to actor Tom Hickey, who died on Saturday, when one of his two Bernese mountain dogs walked up and sat by his side, begging to be played with. There was a lot going on in our @rtenews interview yesterday #rtenewsbehindthescenes@PresidentIRL@PaulDeighanopic.twitter.com/2zaJo3fRiY Love the way President Higgins is so relaxed with his puppy and continues his speech. Fair play to #Higgins - he remained a professional demeanour while playing with #misnéach Good boy looking for treats ???????? pic.twitter.com/UxIIcpIOGL President Higgins taking his dogs Bród and Misneach for a stroll. pic.twitter.com/kJdHD7NWLV Misneach, the seven-month-old puppy, stole the limelight as the president spoke to Irish broadcaster RTE. He playfully bit the president's hand, pawed at his legs and kept up a constant demand for attention. President Higgins kept his focus on the address, but he did offer up his hand to the dog to play with. A video of the moment was put on the president's official TikTok page, where it has gone viral. On Twitter, where the video soon made its way, it has been watched by more than 1.6 million people.More Related News