Veteran Nine star Peter Overton has unfortunate mishap during evening news bulletin

Channel Nine’s long-time newsreader Peter Overton suffered an unexpected on-air mishap during a live cross on Channel Nine’s evening bulletin.

Channel Nine’s long-time newsreader Peter Overton had an unexpected on-air moment during Thursday night’s bulletin when he accidentally spat out a throat lozenge mid-sentence.

The Sydney anchor was just minutes into his hour-long bulletin on Thursday night when he attempted to introduce the network’s political editor for an update, during which he accidentally spat out a throat lozenge.

“And Nine’s political editor Charles, oh excuse me, Charles Croucher joins me from Canberra, Charles, good evening to you,” Overton told the Canberra-based journalist.

He appeared to catch the lozenge in his hand and quickly resumed the news segment.

The 58-year-old returned to presenting in early February after time off for surgery on his vocal cords to remove a polyp — a health scare that had temporarily taken him off the air.

His wife, Jessica Rowe, shared the news with fans mid-January in a post on Instagram.

Channel Nine’s long-time newsreader Peter Overton had an unexpected on-air moment

“As you know Pete doesn’t do Insta – and he wanted me to share some news with you. He’s off work for a little longer at the moment after an ENT surgeon discovered a polyp on one of his vocal cords which explains his very raspy voice over the holidays,” Rowe said, adding that there would be “no talk for now.”

Upon his return, Overton opened up about the ordeal, admitting, “It scared the living daylights out of me.”

“They stick a camera up your nose and then down into your vocal cord, and then on a big screen, you see your vocal cords,” he said.

“And I saw this. It was like a big blister, a lump just hanging off the cord. I must admit, it scared the living daylights out of me.”

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