Novice News Anchor's Swearing Slip-Up Creates Twitter Celebrity [VIDEO]

Have you heard of A.J. Clemente? If you haven’t yet, you will! This novice news anchor is making a name for himself on Twitter and (now) on TV, but not because he’s an ace reporter.

His on-air debute as a news anchor included a swearing slip-up of epic proportions.

It was Clemente’s first day on the job and he was nervous:

And, apparently, psychic:

After that debacle, he tweeted this in despair:

Then the next day he was fired, poor guy:

And the news station shared this announcement about A.J.

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