A woman caught on video with her arms crossed peering out of the window of her home along the Notting Hill Carnival route says she is 'really embarrassed' to have gone viral on social media and says her expression has been misinterpreted. The footage was shared on X during the first day of Carnival on Sunday (August 24) with the caption “not everyone is loving Notting Hill Carnival ” and has been viewed 5.8 million times.

In the clip the person filming zooms in on the woman stood by the window looking out at the carnival parade going next to her home. In the footage a Little Simz track is playing and a DJ can be heard saying 'I tell you it is Carnival, are you ready to have a good time?!' The woman is seen looking out onto the straight and admits she 'must have looked grumpy' but p

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