Clive Myrie breaks silence after his eyelid ‘dropped’ during live news broadcast – and fans begged him to see a doctor
BBC News star Clive Myrie has spoken out after concerned fans noticed his eye ‘drop’ during a live broadcast last night.
During the News At Six broadcast, Myrie’s left eye appeared to droop and close up, prompting many watching at home to urge show bosses to get him medical attention.
However, Myrie cleared up the issue shortly after on X and reassured viewers it was nothing serious.
He wrote on X: “Happy N.Year everyone and thank you all for your concern over my left eye. It’s nothing serious, just an infection.
“I did think about wearing an eye patch, but the boss said no! A bit like Long John Silver. He wasn’t having any of it! Cheers.”
There were echoes of an incident involving ITV news reader Rageh Omaar, who fell unwell during a News at Ten broadcast in April.
On that occasion Omaar did require medical treatment and viewers slammed the channel for not acting sooner.
Witnessing Myrie’s appearance change, one viewer wrote online: “I hope Clive Myrie’s OK. A lot of us are noticing his droopy eye.”
Another added: “What’s the matter with Clive Myrie’s left eye?”
A third went on to write: “Is Clive Myrie OK? His eye’s drooping.”
Whilst a fourth echoed: “What’s wrong with Clive Myrie’s eye tonight?”
The BBC quickly confirmed there was no cause for concern, telling us: “Clive is fine and just has an eye infection.”
Clive, who earns a BBC salary of £310,000, has been a regular on the BBC News bulletins for years.
As well as hosting the corporations’s news coverage, he has presented his own BBC Two travel series exploring his Caribbean culture as well as being the host of quiz show, Mastermind.
Last year, Clive came under fire for failing to declare at least £145,000 in extra earnings from the Beeb.
He blamed “administrative issues” for not filing his accounts on its external events register.
It showed Myrie had not declared between £145,000 and £255,000.