Emily Maitlis was hailed for capturing the "mood of the nation" with an exasperated "side-eye" glance during an interview on Brexit with a Labour shadow minister.
The BBC host was interviewing Labour's shadow secretary for international trade Barry Gardiner on the party’s Brexit stance ahead of a possible general election.
As Mr Gardiner answered a question the presenter shuffled her papers and glanced to the right in a look clearly clocked by a number of viewers, some of whom said her apparent irritation captured the mood of the nation over Brexit.
Prodding her pen in the direction of Mr Gardiner, Ms Maitlis asked: “If there is a general election called, which there is every likelihood could happen, what will be on your manifesto? What Brexit vision will be on your manifesto then?”
To which Mr Gardiner replied: “To negotiate the deal that we have set out.”
Ms Maitlis interjected: “That’s going to be on the leaflet?”
Mr Gardiner said: “We will decide what our manifesto position is as we normally do…”
At this point, Ms Maitlis sighed, looked down and then gave a sharp glance to the right hand side, almost straight down the camera lens.
Mr Gardiner continued: “It is a democratic party, as you know, it is not made up by one person on Newsnight as you know.”
Ms Maitlis said: “Well it’s not made up at all, people are literally pulling their hair out tonight.”
Following the heated exchange the moment, Ms Maitlis was praised for her eye-roll on social media.
Opinions were split on who came out the better, with some praising Ms Maitlis’ “strong performance” and others saying her body language was “terrible” in the interview.
Other said it was "a mood", "perfect" and said it summed up how they felt at the time too.
