The BBC was forced to cut short a foul-mouthed interview with controversial tennis star Corentin Moutet at Queen's after he swore seven times live on air.
The Frenchman had been speaking following his victory over Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the second round — a match that spanned two days after darkness brought proceedings to a halt on Monday evening.
Play had been suspended with Moutet leading 2-1 in the third set, with the 27-year-old having demanded the match be halted.
When action resumed, it was Moutet who came out on top, setting up a third-round clash against either Cameron Norrie or fourth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Speaking courtside to BBC presenter Jenny Drummond, Moutet began by paying tribute to his compatriot Mpetshi Perricard, saying: "The guy is playing incredible. He's an amazing player."
"It was so much pressure because every point is very important because he's serving that good that he puts so much pressure on my service game. I'm so happy to make it today. It's been a long last two months so I'm happy to get a win here. Thanks to all of you for coming both days and I'm very happy to get the win here today."
Asked about one shot where Mpetshi Perricard unleashed a 142mph second serve at him, Moutet accidentally let a swear word slip through as he said: "That's so frustrating. When I had match point I was on the second serve, you aim in the middle, whatever you do just put the ball in the court and then he hits me with 142. I was like, 'F*** I will have to serve.'"
As the Queen's crowd burst into laughter, Moutet fell silent before Drummond pulled the microphone away and said: "No f bombs please!" After having the mic moved back towards him, the world No. 36 prompted a "no, no, no!" from the BBC interviewer as he replied: "F***, f***, f***!"
Drummond then said: "Right Corentin I'm going to ask you one more question. Apologies everyone for the language there. I'm going to ask you one more question so please keep it clean OK?"
She asked: "You on the grass. Last week unfortunately didn't go your way but what's it like to get your first victory?" But Moutet responded only: "F***, f***, f***."
Drummond then issued another apology and cut the interview short, saying: "OK. Corentin we need to improve that for the next round. Apologies everyone. Corentin Moutet!"
The BBC then returned to Clare Balding in the studio. The host said: "Just to repeat those apologies for everyone watching on BBC Two and iPlayer."
"Corentin Moutet living up to his bad boy image. 'Chaos makes the news' is what he wrote on the camera screen there. It's a tattoo he has as well. And yep, chaos is what he can create! He's through to the second round."
Moutet is anticipated to receive a fine for his conduct during his BBC interview. He has earned £32,660 (€37,780) at the tournament so far this week and took to social media to write: "I was just joking, hope you guys didn't get offended. Thanks for the love."
This was not the only incident Moutet has sparked at Queen's, having also refused to carry on playing on Monday evening as the light faded.
The BBC's Annabel Croft was "quite appalled" with Moutet's behaviour and said: "I just thought he left the court for quite a period of time, so that ate into the light they had left, and then he categorically sat down and said, 'I am not playing on, get the supervisor out.' He was 2-1 up.
"James Keothavong made it clear and said we don't stop at that. We have to stop on an even game, and he said, 'Well, I'm not playing.' He argued with the supervisor and the chair umpire, and at one point, Denise [supervisor] had to say, 'Please, will you let me speak.'
"And he got his way. I thought this is not right. He said I do not want to come out tomorrow and want to serve, I thought if you do that, that's an advantage because you are serving first. For [Giovanni] Mpetshi Perricard, that's unfair, as he's had to sleep being down 2-1.
"I thought it was bad that player power overruled a referee and an umpire. How did that happen?"
