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The governor of Indiana is apologizing for taking a selfie with two people at a restaurant while not wearing a face mask, saying it was a “lapse” in his typical coronavirus preventative measures.

A smiling Gov. Eric Holcomb was tagged in a photo Saturday with two female supporters – both of whom were also not wearing face coverings – at Hobnob Corner in Nashville, the Indy Star reports.

The photo, which has since been deleted or marked private, was posted after the Republican governor ran into the popular Brown County restaurant to pick up his takeout order.

But Holcomb left his mask behind and didn’t adhere to social distancing guidelines requiring six feet of space between others that have been in place in Indiana since early March, WTHR reports.

“It was a lapse in my usual vigilance,” Holcomb told the station in a statement. “I should have gone back out to the car to get my mask. My apologies to all the health care professional and Hoosiers who are working so hard to slow the spread.”

The incident will serve as a reminder that mandated social-distancing guidelines should be followed even during the “six second snap of a picture,” Holcomb said.

“Lesson learned,” the governor’s statement concluded.

At least 18 people in Brown County have been diagnosed with COVID-19 as of Sunday, with one fatality reported. Throughout the state, 1,132 people have died from the illness, state data shows.

The selfie was snapped just one day after Holcomb announced his plan to reopen shuttered businesses throughout Indiana over the course of several weeks, the Indy Star reports.

Holcomb’s apology also came the same day Vice President Mike Pence said he regretted not wearing a face covering during a visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota last week.

“We’re tested often, I didn’t think it was necessary,” Pence said Sunday during a Fox News virtual town hall. “But, I should have worn a mask at the Mayo Clinic and I wore it when I visited the ventilator plant in Indiana.”