CNBC had an accidental blunder during a live interview with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday.
The television network was interviewing the long-time Democrat about President Donald Trump abruptly canceling the signing of a bipartisan housing bill and the economic fallout during Trump's second administration when the mix-up happened.
Journalist Aaron Rupar caught the moment and clipped it, sharing it with his 1.1 million followers on X.
"Elizabeth Warren said 'AI doesn't get to engage in a bunch of funky, hinky bookkeeping,' but the CNBC chyron writer misheard her and wrote that she said 'kinky bookkeeping' (look at the chyron at the end of this clip)," Rupar wrote.
Other people noticed the gaffe and had some laughs.
"The only entity that gets to engage in funky, kinky book keeping is the governmernt [SIC]," Rick Rule, president and chief executive officer of Rule Investment Media LLC, wrote on X.
"The sequel musical to Kinky Boots," former DFS radio host Dan Strafford wrote on Bluesky.
"Can someone explain what funky kinky bookkeeping is?" AI expert and founder RJ Grimshaw wrote on X.
Elizabeth Warren said "AI doesn't get to engage in a bunch of funky, hinky bookkeeping," but the CNBC chyron writer misheard her and wrote that she said "kinky bookkeeping" (look at the chyron at the end of this clip) pic.twitter.com/imr0EMusYW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 24, 2026