Fox News' Chris Wallace, Shep Smith have on-air meltdown over Chapstick

Political reporters are working on overdrive in the final hours before the first polls begin to close on Election Day, so we might forgive Chris Wallace for going off-script on live TV to chide Shep Smith about his Chapstick.

Things started off normal enough, with Smith and Wallace talking about Donald Trump's uphill battle for the White House. Then, mid-sentence, Wallace broke off to ask Smith, "What are you doing?"

Off camera, an embarrassed Smith can be heard responding: "I dropped my Chapstick. I've got to have my Chapstick."

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Wallace laughs but doesn't let it go. "You could have waited until the break. You have a little Chapstick fetish, don't you?"

"Fetish?" Smith splutters.

Hang in there, guys. Jeva Lange