BBC Breakfast's graphic surgery scenes have fans 'throwing up' as they say 'too early'

During Sunday morning's segment on BBC Breakfast, audiences were taken aback when the program chose to broadcast graphic surgery scenes at the early hour of 7:30 am.

The feature centred on Pinky Jolley, a patient who narrowly escaped death from sepsis and had been reliant on a feeding tube for two years following a botched medical procedure in Turkey.

Viewers were then presented with footage of Pinky undergoing her bariatric operation while the surgeon narrated his steps during the surgical process. Nonetheless, the explicit content sent viewers to X, once named Twitter, to voice their distaste.

One viewer complained: "Graphic surgery scenes this early in a morning... yum #bbcbreakfast," reports the Express. Another shared their discomfort: "Surgery and dog s**t lovely Sunday topics this morning #BBCBreakfast."

A different Twitter user suggested: "Would have been nice if Pinky highlighted the dangers of surgery in Turkey considering we are paying for the remedial surgery #BBCBreakfast."

Someone else cautioned: "You get what you pay for @BBCBreakfast CRAZY to risk your long-term health going to Turkey for surgery no matter how cheap it is... it's CHEAP for a reason."

And another agreed with the sentiment, stating: "If you go abroad for cosmetic surgery and it goes wrong that's down to you, shouldn't expect NHS to fix it #bbcbreakfast."

Later, speaking directly to the audience, a surgeon said: "After nearly two hours, the bypass has been achieved but now Pinky will start losing weight extremely quickly."

"So they're putting in a feeding tube to try to stabilise her weight," he concluded.

After coming round from surgery, Pinky was delighted to no longer have a feeding tube through her nose and said she felt like a "normal