TV reporter speaks about speech problem at Grammys

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February 18, 2011
LOS ANGELES—A TV reporter who lapsed into gibberish during a live shot outside the Grammys said she was terrified when it happened and knew something was wrong as soon as she opened her mouth.

KCBS-TV reporter Serene Branson's incoherence Sunday fueled Internet speculation that she suffered an on-air stroke. But doctors at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she went to get a brain scan and blood work done, ruled it out. Doctors said she suffered a type of migraine that can mimic symptoms of a stroke.

Branson told CBS' "The Early Show" in an interview Friday that she was terrified, scared and confused, and didn't know what was going on.

"I knew something wasn't right as soon as I opened my mouth," she said. "I hadn't been feeling well a little bit before the live shot. I had a headache, my vision was very blurry. I knew something wasn't right, but I just thought I was tired. So when I opened my mouth, I thought, 'This is more than just being tired. Something is terribly wrong.' I wanted to say, 'Lady Antebellum swept the Grammys.' And I could think of the words, but I could not get them coming out properly."

Branson, who was diagnosed with migraine aura, said watching herself in the clip is "troubling."

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[wolfgirl]

1. I have migraines and

everytime I would go to the ER I would be subjected to all the tests to determine if it was a stroke....the symptoms are very, very similar....it's awful....

[Wanet]

2. I have experienced this a few times

I have migraine aura also. It is sort of scary and embarrassing if it happens in public.