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‘Danny, have you turned off your phone?’: Gary Lineker mocks Danny Murphy on Match of the Day after pundit claimed he became ‘paranoid’ after BBC porn prank, jokes that there will only be ‘moans and groans’ from Everton fans
Gary Lineker mocked Danny Murphy days after the BBC’s porn prank left them embarrassed during live football coverage when they were together at Match of the Day.
A serial prankster left a device in the BBC’s live studio of Liverpool’s FA Cup win at Wolves on Tuesday night, playing “porn noises” on TV for millions of viewers.
Murphy later said that the incident left him “paranoid”, not knowing if he was not involved, but also not realizing that the disturbance was coming from his studio.
Gary Lineker continued jokes about Tuesday’s ‘porn noise’ incident at Match of the Day
Danny Murphy, who admitted to being ‘paranoid’ as the sounds continued, was the butt of a joke.
And the 45-year-old former Liverpool midfielder was the butt of one of Lineker’s regular jokes sprinkled amongst the contents of the BBC1 Match of the Day weekend highlights pack.
The 62-year-old host opened the show by saying ‘Let’s hope we don’t get rudely interrupted’, before asking the pundit: ‘Danny Murphy, have you turned off your phone?’
Murphy confirmed yes, and the show went on as normal, including highlights from Saturday’s big Premier League games.
Serial prankster Daniel Jarvis later admitted to being behind the prank, using a mobile phone.
Lineker added another joke about Tuesday’s unfortunate incident when he said: “There’s been a lot of moaning and moaning this week… from the West Ham and Everton fans,” before presenting the highlights of the Hammers’ 2-a-side win. -0 at the London Stadium. .
Speaking after Tuesday’s incident on Newsnight, Lineker said he found the incident amusing and has carried that humor into the weekend’s coverage. He also questioned why the BBC apologized for the prank.