The viral audio clip eventually garnered a response from Burns herself.<\/p>\n
“Kate here \ud83d\udc4b\ud83e\udee3 my niece has been telling me for months to post my work on TikTok but I don\u2019t think this is what she meant. The comments are funny. Thanks for being nice about it,” Burns commented on a post<\/a>.<\/p>\n In an interview with TODAY.com, Burns says her frustration was because her recording software wouldn\u2019t play back her audio.<\/p>\n Though she also edited the audiobook, Burns didn\u2019t notice her meltdown made it into the final cut until she got an email from a listener.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought, \u2018Yeah, I narrated that book,\u2019 and then I hear it, and I thought, \u2018I am in such big trouble,\u2019\u201d Burns says. <\/p>\n While she was initially \u201cterrified\u201d to learn the moment went viral, Burns says she was \u201cheartened\u201d by the support of viewers who relate to her frustration. <\/p>\n \u201cI was so nervous and so absolutely mortified, but I did read a bunch of the comments people wrote, and I thought that is so nice, nobody\u2019s saying, \u2018You\u2019re awful,\u201d Burns says. \u201cEveryone\u2019s like \u2018We get it.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cRealest thing I\u2019ve seen today,\u201d one user commented on the initial TikTok of the blooper. <\/p>\n \u201cShe was a Girl \u2026 Haunted by technology,\u201d another joked. <\/p>\n “Me with any printer ever,” one viewer noted.<\/p>\n Burns made her TikTok debut to post her response to the moment. Her bio reads, “Tech-challenged voiceover artist for books, major brands & a crash out.”<\/p>\n \u201cI woke up this morning to learn there\u2019s an audiobook blooper of me crashing out because I\u2019m technologically challenged and my recording software was giving me a hard time,\u201d she wrote in the video\u2019s caption<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cTo the half a million of you who heard that, thank you for giving me some grace. I apologize and it definitely won\u2019t happen again,\u201d the caption continued. <\/p>\n Burns is a voice artist who has recorded over 20 audiobooks. In her video, she referenced her long career recording a variety of different voices, noting that she has \u201cnever actually been hired to just lose it completely like I did.\u201d<\/p>\n She said she has informed her publisher that the error needs to be fixed. She also said in the video she plans to \u201ccut herself some slack\u201d like a lot of fans have. As one wrote in the comments, “We support you.”<\/p>\n Burns tells TODAY.com one silver lining to the experience is that it connected her with listeners. <\/p>\n \u201cI wonder, \u2018Does anybody listen to the books that I narrate?\u201d Burns says. \u201cTo hear people say \u2018I\u2019ve listened to you. Your voice has gotten me through stuff\u2019 \u2026 It\u2019s really awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry that it took this incident for me to hear some feedback, but I\u2019m super grateful for it,\u201d Burns adds. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for everybody\u2019s kindness for understanding how this could have happened. <\/p>\n![\"Kate](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kate-burns-mc-250724-fc89c7.png\")
Kate Burns@kateburns75 via TikTok<\/p>\n