A 7News reporter has shed light on a disgusting moment that was caught on camera during a broadcast.

Kate Massey, a journalist who was initially based in Perth before moving to Melbourne, shared a ‘bloopers’ clip to her TikTok account showing her standing outside Western Australia‘s Police Force headquarters.

In the clip, Kate could be seen doing some beauty touch ups before going to air when her cameraman licked his finger and smoothed back her hair to keep it in place.

Kate was visibly disgusted by the move as she awkwardly looked away and down her nose.

‘It stayed there!’ the assistant said in response to her facial expressions, which prompted a giggle from the presenter.

‘You don’t get that service from Luke,’ she said, hinting at another staff member.

A 7News reporter has shed light on a disgusting moment that was caught on camera during a broadcast

A 7News reporter has shed light on a disgusting moment that was caught on camera during a broadcast

The cameraman joked: ‘It’s my natural hairspray!’

‘Nightmare fuel,’ the post was captioned.

The ‘gross’ moment has since amassed 135,700 views.

Watchers of the clip flooded the comments section, laughing at the journalist’s reaction while dubbing the self-made assistant a ‘dad’.

‘Dads never stop being dads,’ one person wrote with another chiming in: ‘Second dad energy. Best type to work with.’

‘I just KNOW you hated this HAHAHA,’ one person wrote.

‘Nah this would cause me to go into a MELTDOWN,’ another levelled.

One person added: ‘The facial reaction BAHAHA.’

In the clip, Kate could be seen getting beauty touch ups before going on-air when an assistant licked his finger and smoothed back her hair in order to keep it in place

In the clip, Kate could be seen getting beauty touch ups before going on-air when an assistant licked his finger and smoothed back her hair in order to keep it in place

Kate captioned the post, which has amassed 135.7K views, 'Nightmare fuel'

Kate captioned the post, which has amassed 135.7K views, ‘Nightmare fuel’

‘Aye he got it done in a matter of seconds which is why he’s been hired haha,’ a fan pointed out.

Kate has been a reporter and producer at Channel Seven for four years, having previously worked as a casual radio producer at Nine’s 6PR talkback radio.

In 2024, she was featured in Seven’s AFL grand final broadcast alongside Kate McCarthy and Katie Brown.

She is also part of Seven’s AFL match-day reporting team this year.