The disgusting incident happened while Patricia Navidad was appearing on the morning TV show called ‘Despierta America’ (Wake Up America). As she sang the song ‘Viva Mexico’, the sanitary pad began to fall and was clearly visible on camera.

The singer frowned momentarily as she realized what was happening in front of thousands of stunned viewers. But rather than stop with the performance, she carried on singing and finished the song without faltering.

The ugly mishap is the first to have happened to any performing artist in the world as she has been subjected to ridicule and abuse online in Mexico and South America.

However, she hit back on Twitter saying she was not ashamed of what happened. She wrote: ‘I want to make it clear that I never threw or would throw the pad. Thank you, I love you. This is not