KARE 11 meteorologist Sven Sundgaard is trying to break the Internet.
Or maybe the Body Beautiful of the Twin Cities TV Meteorology is just trying warm us up with some of his recent Instagram posts. One diverting post captured Sundgaard in the bathroom engaging in ablutions with only a towel wrapped around his lower body.
The one that caught NewsBlues.com's eye last week shows Sundgaard kissing his beloved Robert. They were kneeling on a bed, Sven in Valentine's themed shorts, and holding a hugs and kisses balloon.
"This week, Sundgaard took his passion for revealing photos a step further, posing on a bed with his boyfriend. The photo, which appeared in Instagram, showed the bearded KARE-11-NBC meteorologist on his knees, wearing a revealing black muscle shirt and a pair of pink short shorts. He is kissing a bearded man, also kneeling on the bed, in a backward ball cap," read NewsBlues.com.
Aside from Robert wearing his cap, as my mother calls it, "in the ignorant position," I'm fine with Sundgaard's latest declaration of their love.
"Times, indeed, are changing. A reader asks: 'What if a straight newscaster (or meteorologist) were to post pictures like this on Instagram?' " read NewsBlues, continuing, "In fact, what if a female on-air talent were to post something like this? The mind reels."
Some of us in the media lost our balance when a photo surfaced of WCCO-TV's Kim Johnson dressed up in a fluffy pink chrysanthemum bra for a charity event while working for a previous news organization.
Mike James, editor of NewsBlues.com, never telephoned me as requested, perhaps because he was watching his phone to see if KARE news director Jane Helmke would contact him.