Sally Nugent and Jon Kay apologised to viewers during the latest instalment of the BBC programme.09:19, 12 Aug 2026BBC Breakfast presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay apologised to viewers after complaints about the show's coverage.‌The latest instalment of the BBC programme included several segments about the solar eclipse that is due to take place in the UK on Wednesday evening (August 12).‌However, many viewers thought there was "too much" coverage, posting messages on social media complaining about the amount of references to the upcoming event and about how many warnings were being issued about not looking at the sun.‌Sally and Jon later acknowledged it after reading out a message from a viewer, with both of the presenters saying "sorry" to her.The social media posts had started flooding in as BBC Breakfast aired, with one person writing on X: "Please stop…. It’s like f****** nursery TV… we KNOW…. Don’t look at the sun…"‌"This eclipse coverage is really too much now," someone else wrote on the platform, which was formerly Twitter. "Who wants to hear from a bloke in Spain what it will look like there? I think we already know what an eclipse looks like.""Proper OTT with this eclipse," remarked another viewer, as another person quipped: "Apparently there is an eclipse sometime today! Who knew.""The Beeb today 'THE ECLIPSE', a bit of news, 'THE ECLIPSE', a bit of news, 'THE ECLIPSE' etc, etc," said another viewer.‌"When are they going to ask Andy Burnham where and how he will be watching the eclipse?" one joked.Later, Sally and Jon were discussing the eclipse and Jon told viewers: "We've got correspondents and cameras everywhere."‌"We've literally got it covered," said Sally.Jon then said: "Yeah, Jean's not going to be happy with that news. Jean in Wolverhampton has just been in touch and said, 'I'm looking forward to the eclipse, but I'm now sick and fed up with hearing about it - 99% of the news has been about the eclipse this morning'.""Sorry Jean," said Sally, as Jon admitted: "Just imagine, if it had been a total eclipse, it would have been 100%, wouldn't it?"Article continues below"Well, we've gone pretty close!" said Sally, adding: "Sorry."BBC Breakfast airs at 6am on BBC One.