WARNING: Contains spoilers of the latest Game of Thrones episode.
ESPN's Michael Eaves has felt the force of Twitter's dragon fire after spilling a huge spoiler from the latest episode of Game of Thrones live on air.
While recapping yesterday's NBA playoff action on ESPN's SportsCenter, including the Toronto Raptors'thrilling Game 7 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, Eaves ruined the death of a major character an hour before the penultimate episode of the series aired on the West Coast in the US.
(SPOILER ALERT: The SportsCenter anchor used a Thrones analogy involving Cersei Lannister to tease the highlights of the Raptors game: "Unlike the way Cersei went out, this game didn't disappoint.")
Unsurprisingly, many fans of the show took to Twitter to express their rage at Eaves' "completely unnecessary" spoiler.
.@michaeleaves#FireMichaelEaves yeah, out here on West Coast you just delivered the #GOT spoiler. The bad karma you just created for yourself......ouch
Man you really dropped that line about Cersei during Sportscenter?! I had the show on record and am about to check it out, but first some highlights. Iām gonna hope youāre wrong. Canāt even watch ESPN now without a Spoiler. Wow. @sportsfeedia#GOThttps://t.co/FByVdDTfFG
Pro tip: donāt record Game of Thrones so your husband can watch the nba playoffs/highlights because an espn analyst will tell you Cersei died before you get a chance to watch it. Another reason to hate basketball #SpoilerAlert#GoTS8
Despite copping hate from all directions, Eaves didn't feel the need to apologise and defended himself as he felt the line was vague enough for interpretation to be open-ended.
