TV anchors have to eat too

SO what do TV’s female anchors do when, starving, no time for food, they PDQ slurp a soup which then shloomps down their fronts just as the camera turns on?

Channel 5’s Rosanna Scotto: “7 a.m., very early, means not lots of time. I’ve spilled breakfast on me which, occasionally, makeup hides. Wet tissue wipes off grease, but if it leaves a wet ring, you need the hair dryer.

“I rotate wardrobe once a month. But fashion has hazards. To cover decollete it’s Scotch tape or Topstick. Without time to run to the tailor, I shorten a longer dress with masking tape.”

Her co-anchor Lori Stokes: “Wearing white is always a hazard. On our show, we’re often on a couch. Totally exposed. Like a lady, I often cross my legs at the ankle. If at the knee, I check the monitor to see if I’m showing too much. Once in my ear the director said, ‘I need to position you differently. We’re seeing too much of you.’

“If my top’s too low, a safety pin. Double-stick tape scares me. Move your arm, the tape pops off. Once in the middle of a read I got a bloody nose, and they cut to a close-up of someone else.”

NY1’s Roma Torre. “Loose-fitting blouses make you look heavy so more form-fitting with hair clips in the back. When a neck button broke, I repositioned the bottom one to put it above. And pin-on microphones can cover cleavage.

“Meals are often at the anchor desk, and salad dressing’s stained my clothes. With continuity concerns, you can’t change clothes so I color the stain with magic markers that match the fabric. Staplers are handy for loose hems.

“Once poking my eye with a mascara brush left me blinded six weeks, and cameras came in closer on the anchor desk. I have also borrowed some

one else’s jacket.”