Kyra Phillips' husband is handsome and a great, great human being – but her sister-in-law is a BITCH!

In case you haven't seen this yet, here is the clip of the already legendary bathroom break-gossip session of CNN anchor Kyra Phillips, with the audio from her wireless mic inadvertently broadcast live to the world Tuesday as President Bush was droning on about Katrina recovery.

At the beginning, it's a little hard to hear what she's saying, but I've included as complete a transcript as I could compile. Since the video portion obviously stays on Bush the whole time, I would advise clicking the play button, then following along with the transcript (just under the You Tube screen) as you listen to the audio.

The whole thing, of course, is somewhat remincent of a classic scene in Naked Gun, the hilarious Leslie Nielsen movie, when his bumbling Lt. Frank Drebin character is at a fancy function, honoring the Queen of England or something, and he has to give a little speech, and then goes to the bathroom not realizing his body mic has been left on, and the assembled dignitaries are shown hearing hilariously gross noises coming over the p.a. system.

The only disappointing thing about this is Kyra's not dishing about either Bush or some of her cohorts there at CNN. Now THAT would be entertainment.

Alas, it's some silly girl talk about guys, but then she takes a delicious swipe at her sister-in-law – in fact, her words “control freak” are notable for the vitriol in her voice. I'm guessing the next Phillips family gathering is going to be a real barrel of laughs.

And, to the guys, I've been assured by my female consultants that the zipper sound you quite clearly hear is likely her pocketbook, or a cosmetic bag, probably after she's touched up her makeup. Most guys, I think, would automatically assume it's a fly, but apparently not.

(By the way, does it seem like the sound on Bush is deliberately being podded down, as her sound goes up. I get the feeling an audio tech at CNN was either out for a little revenge after some Kyra snub, or just enjoying the gossip and not realizing it was being fed out)

After a few seconds of Bush's blather, Kyra is heard, intriguingly, in mid-diatrabe...



KYRA: “...assholes! Yeah, I’m very lucky in that regard with my husband. My husband is handsome and he is genuinely a loving, you know, no ego, well, we all have some, but you know what I’m saying. Just a really passionate, compassionate, great, great human being. And they exist. They do exist. They’re hard to find. Yup. But they are out there.

COWORKER: (unintelligible)...he's coming for an extended visit.

KYRA: I mean, that's how you figure it all out. Those extended visits -- heh heh heh heh heh heh.

COWORKER: My mom's met him and she really likes him.

KYRA: Mom's got a good vibe?

COWORKER: Mm hmm

KYRA: Good

(unintelligible)

KYRA: “Of course brothers have to be, you know, protective. [ZIP] Except for mine. I gotta be protective of him!

COWORKER: Really?

KYRA: Ugh, yeah. He’s married, three kids, but his wife is just a control FREAK...

ANOTHER WOMAN FRANTICALLY ENTERS BATHROOM: Kyra!

KYRA: Yeah, baby —

WOMAN: Your mic is on!

Then a voiceover from anchor Daryn Kagan is hurriedly put on the air: “All right, we’ve been listening in to President Bush as he speaks in New Orleans today…”

At which point, it once again became drearily unlistenable.

Good times.