An expert on the European economy became the latest person to have their live TV interview crashed by a child. Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund, was speaking to Bloomberg TV during the departure of <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/banking/germany-s-widemann-eyes-ecb-top-job-finland-s-liikanen-less-bullish-1.731765" target="_blank">German Federal Bank chief Jens Weidmann.</a> As Mr Kirkegaard discussed the US dollar and euro rate, his son appeared in the background, pulling faces, waving and laughing. Mr Kirkegaard appeared unconcerned – or perhaps even unaware – by his son’s presence, until the host laughed and said: “Does your son work for the Greek government?” After the incident, Mr Kirkegaard wrote on LinkedIn: "Lesson... if you promise to play Pokemon cards and forget to lock your door... you risk paying a price." It brought comparisons with 2017, when Korea expert Prof Robert Kelly <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/comment/from-trending-to-flossing-the-past-decade-has-brought-a-whole-new-meaning-to-language-1.957862" target="_blank">went viral</a> when his BBC interview was gatecrashed by his daughter in a bright yellow jumper and young son in his walker.
