Serene Branson Discusses On-Air Struggle, Viral Video 'Stardom' [VIDEO]

After becoming an unintentional viral video star, Serene Branson is speaking out about the migraine that led her to fumble her words live on the air -- and how she feels about the video seen 'round the world.

Thursday night, Branson was on her home station, the Los Angeles CBS affiliate, to talk about the nightmare she went through. Watch a segment of the interview:

You can view the entire interview here. Branson also appeared on CBS's "The Early Show" this morning.

Though the original clip of her struggle to do a seemingly routine live shot went viral almost immediately, Branson says she didn't know about her YouTube "success" for several days.

"I hadn't been on the Internet," she told "The Early Show." But after a while, she talked to a friend.

"I didn't have any idea at that point because, obviously, work and my family were so concerned about my health at that point. But my friend said something about seeing it on the news. And I said, 'The news?' And even at that point I said, 'Gosh, I hope it doesn't make it on YouTube.'"

But, of course, it did.

Branson also talked about what was going through her head as the incident occurred.

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"I hadn't been feeling well a little bit before the live shot. I had a headache, my vision was very blurry. I knew something wasn't right, but I just thought I was tired. So when I opened my mouth, I thought, 'This is more than just being tired. Something is terribly wrong.' I wanted to say, 'Lady Antebellum swept the Grammys.' And I could think of the words, but I could not get them coming out properly."

Luckily, however, the incident wasn't a stroke, as some had speculated in the aftermath. Her doctors believe she suffered a complex migraine. Branson says that she has had migraines since childhood, but never experienced anything like this previously.

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