A scientist's dog interrupted her video call with 30,000 people by throwing up in the background

• Ellie Hurer's video call with over 30,000 people was interrupted by the sound of her dog vomiting.
• Hurer shared the moment on TikTok where the clip received 1.9 million views.

A scientist's video call with over 30,000 people, including some Nobel laureates and other world class scientists, was interrupted by the sound of her dog choosing the most inopportune moment to noisily throw up.

Ellie Hurer is a PhD student and also an influencer who raises awareness for chronic and mental illness.

She's studying a PhD in structural biology and working as a visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire in England.

She was on a virtual panel during the virtual European Inventor Award ceremony celebrating innovation and invention when the ill-timed moment occurred. The event took place back in 2021 but Hurer uploaded the video to TikTok on March 14.

"I cant even watch it anymore because I cringe so much," she wrote as the caption.

Hurer was answering a question about the importance of enthusing her followers when she heard her dog vomiting.

"It is cool to be a scientist and an inventor," Hurer began, but her dog cut in with loud gagging noises. Hurer leaned in to the camera to try and mask the noise, but it didn't help. Over the video, Hurer wrote that her "mind went blank" when she started hearing the commotion in the background.

The interview continued, but it was clear Hurer was trying to hide her embarrassment. In the captions she wrote what she was likely thinking at the time — "the noises," "fuck fuck fuck," and "HELP ME."

The moment has been viewed 1.9 million times on TikTok. Thousands of people commented saying how despite Hurer's discomfort, her dog's timing was hilarious.

"Sounds like an exorcism," one person said. Another said the clip "gets funnier and funnier every time I see it."

"You can see the focus disappear with every grunt," one commenter wrote, to which Hurer responded that with every gag she heard, "more brain cells died."