BBC Sport’s coverage of Liverpool’s FA Cup clash against Wolves was marred by a humiliating blunder when porn noise began to play loudly on air.
The embarrassing gaffe occured while presenter Gary Lineker was trying to bring in colleague Alan Shearer in for further analysis before kick-off. The host addressed the moment, telling viewers: “I don’t know who is making that noise but Alan Shearer is on the commentary gantry.
Lineker went on to add: “It is toasty in this studio, it is noisy as well I am not sure if someone is sending something on somebody’s phone.”
The audio briefly stopped as Shearer replied, before starting again just as Lineker went to make another statement.
Remarkably, the cause of the audio has since been discovered with Lineker taking to Twitter to reveal what was playing the explicit noise.
The former England international posted a photo of a phone alongside the caption: “Well, we found this taped to the back of the set. As sabotage goes it was quite amusing.”
All things considered, Lineker handled the situation like a true professional as he addressed the noise in light-hearted fashion before continuing as normal even with the noise still blaring for all to hear.
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