BBC Sports Blasts Porn Audio During Broadcast Of Wolves vs. Liverpool [Video]

The BBC’s live broadcast of the FA Cup match between the Wolves and Liverpool Tuesday evening was interrupted by porn audio that suddenly blasted from the studio.

While Gary Lineker was delivering his spiel to introduce co-anchor Alan Shearer, who was at the commentary box at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, noises that seemed to be the sound of a woman having an orgasm disrupted the broadcast.

In a video of the bizarre incident, shared by Twitter user @5amcoek, the 62-year-old sports broadcaster tried to maintain his composure as the sound played in the background before he erupted in laughter.

“I don’t know who’s making that noise,” Lineker said.

“It’s toasty in this studio, it’s a bit noisy as well. I don’t know if somebody is sending something on someone’s phone [or] if it’s a joke. I don’t know whether you heard it at home,” Lineker told Shearer, who appeared on the screen moments later, chuckling at the former’s remark.

It appeared that the disruption was a planned prank. Later that evening, the former Leicester City player tweeted a photo of an outdated phone that he said was found “taped to the back of the set,” indicating that it was “sabotage.”

Lineker also appeared on BBC’s “Newsnight” and spoke to anchor Kirsty Wark about his experience being pranked on live television.

“When it started, I did recognize that sound. I think we’ve all been done with that, when you open up WhatsApp or something, somebody sent you a trick on a train or when you’re busy in people’s company. But it was quite difficult to cope during the pre-match build-up,” he said.

“It was too loud. Obviously, it was a prank,” he added, before explaining that it was “so loud” that he couldn’t hear his co-hosts Shearer and Danny Murphy at the time.

When asked by Wark if it was the “most unusual special effect he had to deal with,” the broadcaster responded, “I would say unquestionably so. It was quite hard to carry on with the pre-match build-up and take it seriously,” adding that the porn sound added to “the whole game.”

Before the interview ended, Lineker clarified that he was not offended by the matter and that he thought the prank was “funny.”

The BBC has since apologized for the incident via a statement on Twitter.

“We apologize to any viewers offended during the live coverage of the football this evening. We are investigating how this happened,” a BBC spokesperson wrote.

Daniel Jarvis, a YouTube comedian with the handle @Jarvo69, later claimed that he was the culprit of the prank. He went live on the platform, showing viewers how the porn sound prank played out on his part.

Jarvis was seen talking on the phone with an unidentified person while watching the live broadcast as they prepared to pull off the prank on the BBC broadcasters.

The YouTuber, along with his companions, played the sound until the show and the match ended.

The BBC has not released any statement on Jarvis’ claims.