Following the sounds of copulation heard by presenters and viewers of a live football show, which eventually cut off the coverage of the match between Wolverhampton vs Liverpool’s third-round match on January 17, The British Broadcasting Corporation has now issued an unreserved apology to its numerous viewers and ardent listeners who could have felt embarrassed by the moaning sound.
Before the Wolverhampton vs Liverpool game on January 17 at Molineux Stadium, the noise cut off Gary Lineker’s broadcast. Later, the former England striker shared a photo of a cellphone on Twitter, claiming it was “taped to the back of the set” inside the stadium. “As sabotage goes it was quite amusing,” Lineker wrote.
Lineker, Paul Ince and Danny Murphy continued their broadcast and made an effort to minimise the disruption. Speaking to audience members, Lineker said, “I don’t know whether you heard it at home.”
“We apologise to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening,” the BBC issued a statement. According to a spokesperson, the BBC is looking into the situation.
Lineker clarified that, at first, he believed a video had been delivered to one of the experts’ phones. Then he realised the incident was a prank because it was “too loud,” as he put it. He said that it was “quite difficult” to continue with the pre-match build-up since he couldn’t hear what people were saying in their ears when he was asked how loud the sound effect was in the studio.
According to a video uploaded to YouTube, the stunt appears to have been the work of YouTube prankster Daniel Jarvis. Five years earlier, he performed a similar act on the BBC, which was also recorded and uploaded to his YouTube channel. How the YouTube prankster placed the phone in the BBC studio is still a mystery.