Add one more item to the media’s lengthy list of #SochiProblems: Bob Costas’ eye infection. Deadspin reached out to Costas to find out just what was going on and received this reply from his assistant:
Yes, Bob has some sort of infection which has his left eye completely red and almost completely closed, making it impossible to put a contact lens in it. It just came on within the last 24 hours, the NBC doctors in Sochi are treating it, and they think it should resolve itself by the weekend. Until then, he has no choice but to go with the glasses on air.
https://twitter.com/emilymanhattan/status/431596430269378560
Bob Costas already has an eye infection. Wonder if it's from the crappy Sochi conditions?! #Sochi2014 #SochiProblems
— Erin (@EasyRinny) February 7, 2014
Bob Costas has an eye infection! Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.
— Daniel Glauser (@GlauserDan13) February 7, 2014
The LAST thing I wanted to hear about when watching the Olympic coverage was Bob Costas' eye infection.
— aja d. (@aja_d17) February 7, 2014
Bob Costas should have said he took a curling stone to the eye, work up the Olympics' angle. #Sochi2014
— Dave Johnson (@DJohnson_97) February 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/samdivozzo/status/431599579859914752
“@tvnewser: Bob Costas begins #Sochi coverage with eye infection. http://t.co/UuaMOsnDQf” Bob Costas washed his face with the Sochi water!
— KrispeSTAY AT HOME (@krispekitty) February 7, 2014
The dangerous face water!
Is Bob Costas' pink eye a sly tribute to Soviet Russia? #Sochi
— Reaganesque (@TheReaganWay) February 7, 2014
in soviet russia pink eye gets bob costas.
— alaina sapienza (@heysaps) February 7, 2014
Looks like Bob Costas caught the "red-eye" flight in to Sochi. #getit? #WinterOlympics @nbcolympics
— Philippé Kubiako ? (@koobeeyak) February 7, 2014
Now Bob Costas has an infection in his eye that matches the infectious blah from his mouth. Both are red, blurred and irritating! #CanTheMan
— STICKY BACK SIGNS ❌ (@stickybacksigns) February 7, 2014
Is it just me, or does Bob Costas have pink eye? Gotta wash your hands after you toss your poo poo paper in the trash, Bob.
— J (@JtheLugan) February 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/morninggloria/status/431594310719799296
https://twitter.com/rosslancaster/status/431597597875134464
I like how Bob #Costas explained away his Russian eye issue. I've heard about the "old Russian redeye." #sovietdirtysanchez
— tread (@gotreadgo) February 7, 2014
@nbc looks like Bob Costas tried those Russian eye drops #Olympics2014 #stoli pic.twitter.com/D3WNPO9v5e
— Kyle Julian (@KJulian63) February 7, 2014
Quite a few found an uncanny resemblance to Harry Potter.
Behind that huge desk and with those glasses, Bob Costas looks like a mythical Harry Potter character… #SochiProblems
— Stringer (@Stringa_Mike) February 7, 2014
Bob Costas rocking some Harry Potter glasses #Olympics2014 @nbc
— Elena Minnick (@elenarose08) February 7, 2014
Bob Costas looks like a tool with his Harry Potter glasses.
— Mike Riconda (@Rico_729934) February 7, 2014
If Harry Potter was 55 and an asshole he would be Bob Costas.
— Chris Sedenka (@ChrisSedenka) February 7, 2014
Bob Costas totally looks like Harry Potter with those glasses. All he needs is the scar, which he could get in Sochi
— @codylox (@codylox) February 7, 2014
Digging the 'Harry Potter' glasses, Bob Costas. I hope it wasn't Voldemort that gave you the eye infection. #SaveBobCostasEye #nbcolympics
— Ray Gonzalez (@iRayGonzalez) February 7, 2014
bob costas should wear a black eye patch over that infected eye – better than goofy glasses.#PirateCaptBob
— Colin Oscopy (@mrbobbo) February 7, 2014
Harry Potter, or Clark Kent?
Bob Costas at the Fortress of Solitude. When does he change into his Superman costume? pic.twitter.com/lZeknvEqB6
— Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) February 7, 2014
Whoa. Bob Costas is wearing Clark Kent glasses in Superman's fortress of solitude.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) February 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/paulstohler/status/431597122065285120
Olympics. Russia. Winter. Bob Costas At Superman's Fortress of Solitude. Here. We. Go!
— John! (@OuterJohn) February 7, 2014
If that eye infection gets any worse, it’ll have its own Twitter account. Oh, wait.
Ouch! I'm infected!
— Bob Costas' Left Eye (@CostasLeftEye) February 7, 2014
Here's the deal with ME. Ouch! RT @Deadspin Here's the deal with Bob Costas's eye: http://t.co/GR1xys6akr
— Bob Costas' Left Eye (@CostasLeftEye) February 7, 2014
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