During an early morning TV appearance on Playboy Wet And Wild 2 (1990)Friday, CNN White House reporter Abby Phillip got a surprise guest in the form of a lizard that snuck up to say hello.

Besides appearing startled for a moment, you have to hand it to Phillip for largely keeping her composure and not running away screaming like I would have done. Of course, Phillip has faced down far larger lizards so it's not a surprise she handled this incident well.

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And she played the whole thing with a laugh even when viewers started chiming in.

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Phillip was reporting from West Palm Beach where President Trump is spending a leisurely holiday weekend following Thursday's release of the highly-anticipated Mueller Report. So the brazen lizard attack is just a warm-up for what should be an interesting weekend.

And, in case you were worried about the lizard's well-being, don't be: It's fine.

Just another day in the surreal fever dream that is 2019.

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