Clive Myrie has reassured worried viewers, after many noticed his swollen eye while he was hosting Monday night’s BBC News at Six.
The newsreader, 60, has presented the weekday news bulletin on BBC One for the past decade, but sparked a flood of concern during the latest live broadcast.
As he read out the latest reports from around the world, fans were quick to notice his left eye was drooping throughout the programme.
Fearing the worst, many took to social media to reach out to the BBC to check that all was well and express their concerns for Clive.
They wrote: ‘@BBCNews is Clive Myrie ok? His left eye is droopy??’; ‘What’s wrong with Clive Myrie’s eye tonight?’; ‘Something wrong with Clive Myrie’s left eye @BBCNews?’
‘Just noticed that Clive Myrie has a slight droop in his left eyelid. Has that always been there or has he had a stroke recently?’; ‘What’s Clive Myrie done to his eye’.
Clive Myrie has reassured worried viewers, after many noticed his swollen eye while he was hosting Monday night’s BBC News at Six (pictured)
The newsreader, 60, has presented the weekday news bulletin on BBC One for the past decade, but sparked a flood of concern during the latest live broadcast
As he read out the latest reports from around the world, fans were quick to notice his left eye was drooping throughout the programme
‘Is Clive Myrie okay? His left eye looks inflamed.’; @BBCNews just want to check that clive myrie is okay? His right eye looks a bit puffier than usual
‘#BBCNews what has Clive Myrie done to his eye, has someone thumped him?’; ‘what’s the matter with Clive Myrie’s left eye?’; ‘Is Clive Myrie OK? His eye’s drooping’
‘I hope Clive Myrie’s OK. A lot of us are noticing his droopy eye.’; ‘Clive Myrie needs to get that droopy left eyelid checked out sharpish.’
However, Clive soon took to X to clear up any fears, explaining he was just suffering from a non-serious infection as he thanked fans for their concerns.
In his typical humorous tone, the Mastermind host quipped that he had wanted to wear an eyepatch, but had been denied by bosses because he resembled a pirate.
He wrote: ‘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.’
It comes after Clive apologised last month for failing to properly declare nearly 30 different external speaking engagements worth at least £150,000.
Fearing the worst, many took to social media to reach out to the BBC to check that all was well and express their concerns for Clive
However, Clive soon took to X to clear up any fears, explaining he was just suffering from a non-serious infection as he thanked fans for their concerns
In his typical humorous tone, the broadcaster quipped that he had wanted to wear an eyepatch, but had been denied by bosses because he resembled a pirate
He earned the money from corporate events including speeches at functions hosted by Dutch bank ING and the Royal College of Surgeons, stretching back all the way to 2021, when the BBC introduced the rules to protect its impartiality.
Clive already earns around £310,000-a-year for presenting the News At One, News At Six and News At Ten, as well an undisclosed sum for his work on Mastermind.
A source said that the broadcaster had been ‘very foolish’ not to list the corporate gigs, saying: ‘Whatever sins of greed or pride they commit, declare it and you’re forgiven.’
They added that there was ‘quite a bit of bitterness’ over the issue, which they said was yet more evidence that star anchors are ‘not deities the BBC builds them up to be’.
Last month, Clive said he would not be ‘taking part’ in any more paid external events, as the BBC is now set to introduce tougher rules about the ‘volume’ of ‘paid external events’ that its news stars are allowed to take.
He blamed ‘several administrative issues’ for the large sums of cash that were never declared, adding ‘I didn’t fill out out the correct paperwork for some of my external public events’.
Taking to X to offer his ‘sincere apologies’ to the public, Clive wrote: ‘An apology – I’ve had several administrative issues, and I didn’t fill out the correct paperwork for some of my external public events, so they haven’t been published until now.
‘I’ve told the BBC I won’t be taking part in any more paid external events in the foreseeable future, beyond a handful of pre-existing commitments, so that this doesn’t happen again. My sincere apologies. Thanks, Clive.’
It comes after Clive apologised last month for failing to properly declare nearly 30 different external speaking engagements worth at least £150,000 (pictured in May)
Last month, Clive said he would not be ‘taking part’ in any more paid external events, as the BBC is now set to introduce tougher rules about the ‘volume’ of ‘paid external events’ that its news stars are allowed to take (pictured in November)