Gary Lineker discloses the source of Match of the Day’s porn noise prank
Gary Lineker The set had an old mobile telephone taped to its back. responsible for the pornographic soundtrack broadcast during Match Of The Day.
The TV presenter was left red-faced during the BBC’s live coverage Match between the FA Cup teams Wolverhampton and Liverpool The background could suddenly become filled with loud sexy sounds.
Lineker, aged 62, shared an image of Lineker’s mobile phone covered in double-sided adhesive tape Twitter He said: “Well we found this taped at the back of our set. It was quite funny, as sabotage goes.
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The stunt was pulled off by Daniel Jarvis, a serial pitch-invader who is also an internet pankster.
He tweeted: “Yes, that was me that pranked the BBC Match of the Day using the sexphone 🙂 The video will soon !!!! @BMWJARVO best prankster ever!!!!”
He shared a video clip of him going behind the scenes of the Match of the Day at the Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton.
His livestream YouTube channel Showed him watching Match of the Day. Then he called the phone he had installed to play the pornographic noises.
Lineker, who was watching the BBC live sports broadcast, had to raise his voice to hear the sounds and then laugh: “I don’t know who’s making that news.” He also cut to Alan Shearer, an ex-england striker in the commentary box.
Lineker stated that it was a little noisy. Someone’s sending something on someone’s phone, as a joke I think. I don’t know whether you heard it at home.”
An article was published by the BBC apology Following the broadcast, we said: “We apologize to any viewers who were offended during the live football coverage this evening.” We are looking into how this happened.
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Lineker has been the face of Match Of The Day since 1999 and is the highest paid presenter at the BBC, with an annual salary of £1.35m from the broadcasting corporation.
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