The cnn host had to cut with the claim of technical issues after Stephen refused to respond to the host saying “Stephen? Stephen are you there? Can you hear me?”

They only spent like 15-20 seconds top on the “can you hear me bit” while he stood there blinking like a moron. Should have kept the camera on him til he snapped out of it (at which point hammer him on what he meant by that) or just let him look like an idiot standing there blinking for an hour.