WATCH: BBC commentator embarrassed by NSFW slip during mid-afternoon snooker coverage

You can't help but feel sorrow for BBC snooker commentator John Virgo.

The 70-year-old was caught swearing during the live mid-afternoon match between Mark Selby and Marco Fu on Saturday. Virgo was having an off-air conversation, but the mics managed to pick up his light-hearted joke over having to sit through Selby and Fu contesting the longest frame in Crucible history, lasting one hour and 16 minutes.

 "I wanted to watch a bit of racing this afternoon. I'll be lucky to watch some fucking Match of the Day."

https://twitter.com/engywalmsley/status/726409405303001089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Graham Fry of IMG Media, who produce the BBC's Crucible coverage confirmed that the incident was a mistake and that Virgo would continue to work at the tournament, as the Telegraph reports.

"It was off-mic, the mics weren't switched on and it somehow got picked up. It was a mistake and I've spoken to him about it. He's embarrassed and apologetic."

How fucking unlucky is that?