BBC broadcaster Clive Myrie sparked concern amongst viewers as his left eye appeared to droop during a live news broadcast of the News At Six on Monday

Clive Myrie sparked concern amongst BBC News At Six viewers on Monday (6 January) as his left eye appeared to increasingly droop over the course of the half-an-hour News At Six broadcast.

The journalist appeared on tonight’s BBC News at Six wearing a black suit, white shirt, and navy blue tie. But while his right eye was fully open, the left appeared half closed.

Noticing the worrying incident, many viewers took to X to share their concerns. One wrote: “I hope Clive Myrie’s OK. A lot of us are noticing his droopy eye.” While a second said: “What’s the matter with Clive Myrie’s left eye?” “What’s wrong with Clive Myrie’s eye tonight?” said a third viewer.

Clive’s eye appeared to droop as he spoke
As fans worried over Clive, the broadcaster cleared things up on his own X page, writing: “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.”

While a BBC spokesperson also assured The Sun, telling them: “Clive is fine and just has an eye infection.” Clive has been working for the BBC since 1987, when he joined as a trainee local radio reporter. He is also known for presenting quiz show Mastermind.

After the worry, Clive cleared up that he is suffering from an eye infection ( 
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BBC/Comic Relief/Daniel Loveday)
Clive hit headlines in October when it was reported he had not declared earnings from corporate events over the past 12 months. As a BBC employee, he is supposed to declare his list of engagements to the corporation monthly, but failed to include all. All of the Beeb’s on-screen talent have had to declare outside earnings since director-general Tim Davie demanded more transparency in 2021, publishing the declarations every three months.

A BBC spokesperson said it had spoken to the presenter to “remind him of his responsibilities”. They said: “We have spoken to Clive to remind him of his responsibilities with regards to the external events register, and he has apologised for these errors.” While he apologised on X for his oversight and admitting to filling out the wrong paperwork.

He penned: “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.”