BBC Breakfast viewers hit out after the programme aired a stomach-churning sporting moment first thing.
Hosts Charlie Stayt and Nina Warhurst fronted Saturday morning's programme (September 7). Mike Bushell joined the pair on the sofa to discuss to latest sports news. British tennis star Jack Draper's defeat by world No. 1 Jannik Sinner at the US Open semi-final was among the top stories.
The 22-year-old threw up twice on the court during his second set. The British No. 1 was visibly struggling throughout the set and called for the doctor before vomiting on the court and cleaning it up himself with his towel. He continued on, but it all got too much for the Brit in the third set. Sinner dropped just two games to complete a straight-set victory.
BBC Breakfast aired a report from reporter Laura Scott. The hosts warned viewers the moment Draper threw up would be aired. Despite this, it still took viewers by surprise.
Viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to complain. One viewer quipped: "@BBCBreakfast Lovely! Just through from the kitchen with my bowl of breakfast in time to see Jack Draper throwing up! Ugh! Breakfast thrown into the toilet! Was that absolutely necessary?" (sic)
A second said: "Well done #bbcbreakfast you've done it again. Sat down with my breakfast to see Jack Draper throw up..." A third added: "What joy.. puke at breakfast time #BBCbreakfast" while a fourth asked: "BBC why do you have to show Jack Draper... why not just report it." (sic)
Draper told reports after the match that being sick on the court was "worst feeling ever". Draper had big hopes of emulating Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu by winning the US Open title.
Draper said: "I'm definitely someone who is, I think, quite an anxious human being. I think when you add all that together, sometimes I do feel a bit nauseous on court, and I do feel a little bit sick when it gets tough. I didn't have any problems before the match, but it obviously just built up."
He continued: "Being sick doesn't help. You just feel worse and worse, because you can't put anything in your body. When you're playing long matches, you need to be able to drink and to eat things and give your body the supplies it needs to keep on going."
"But obviously when you're feeling sick and stuff like that, you can't put anything inside your body, because it just comes straight out, and it's the worst feeling ever. You can't move around the court when that happens.
"So no, it's a horrible feeling, and you feel more dizzy and more sick the more you are."
