A man whose interrupted interview with the BBC went viral says he and his wife have been inundated with media requests from around the world.
The video of the interview has had 16 million views on YouTube. Photo: BBC / screenshot
South Korean expert Professor Robert Kelly was speaking to the BBC via Skype from his home in Seoul when his two young children, Marion and James, came into the room.
His wife, Jung-a Kim, then hurriedly dragged them away and shut the door.
The video of the interview has had 16 million views on YouTube. It initially caused some controversy, as some people assumed Prof Kelly's wife was a nanny.
"We didn't anticipate anything like this at all," Prof Kelly told the BBC today.
"We got this massive wave of email solicitation... to the people in the media ... we didn't respond to, we apologise if it seemed like stone-walling, we just didn't know how to respond. We'd never had anything like this before," he said.
"It's been a little bit stressful, but we are trying to handle it. We're fine. Getting better and better," Ms Kim said.
"Everybody we know seems to think it's pretty hysterical," Prof Kelly said.
"We were worried actually that the BBC would never call us again. That was our first response, sort of mortification, that we'd completely blown our relationship with you."
See the full interview here.
