News Anchor Danny Kushmaro's Joke to Colleague's Husband Sparks Online Buzz

In a departure from the traditional separation between professional and personal lives, contemporary journalists increasingly share aspects of their private lives on social media. This trend was highlighted this week when Yael Odem, an education reporter for Channel 12 News, created a special video for her husband, Yam Regev, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of the Zest platform. Regev spent the entire summer break managing their four daughters alone while Odem was busy with her reporting duties.

To express her gratitude for his dedication, Odem enlisted senior anchor Danny Kushmaro to deliver a message. In the video, Kushmaro, holding a bouquet of flowers just before going on air, praised Regev for heroically handling the four girls during the demanding summer vacation. Kushmaro concluded the touching tribute with a joke, playfully announcing that Odem had news for him: a fifth daughter was on the way.

The humorous video, shared by Regev, quickly went viral. Regev expressed his delight, stating that few videos could lift the spirits of a father who had spent the summer with four daughters. While touched by the gesture, he humorously reacted to Kushmaro's joke, admitting it caused him to briefly drop a drink he was holding. He jokingly told the news anchor, "We'll settle this later."