Simon McCoy couldn’t take any more crap puns so he turned the news on itself and it’s brilliant

John Plunkett. Updated April 30th, 2019

Just one more reason why the BBC’s Simon McCoy is our favourite newsreader, the moment when he couldn’t take any more crap puns that were being written for him so he, well, he did this.

.@BBCSimonMcCoy has had enough puns for today. pic.twitter.com/CIzVKjuKJp

— Richard Morris (@rwmorris) April 29, 2019

Just perfect.

It's sad to see the BBC going to the dogs like this

— Ian T Boyle (@iantboyle) April 30, 2019

Was that not the lead story?

— Lee Sparey (@grooveyardmusic) April 29, 2019

Simon McCoy is my favourite person in the whole of broadcasting ever pic.twitter.com/ERdumHymv6

— Robbie James (@thatrobbiejames) April 29, 2019

I think we are all hoping he’s working when the royal baby turns up.

— James O’Mahony (@jhomahony) April 30, 2019

@BBCSimonMcCoy uses a prompter? 😱 I’m devastated. I thought he just knew lots of stuff in his head.

— Alan R Adair (@RadarRadar) April 30, 2019

And here’s the chap who wrote them.

And I wrote them all. Kudos to @BBCPhilipSim for covering that this morning. pic.twitter.com/lmDgGs1h7h

— Chris Gray (@ChrisGSGray) April 29, 2019

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