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<\/p>\nMatch of the Day host Gabby Logan has been forced to leave the studio early this evening due to a family emergency.<\/p>\n
The Welsh presenter, 52, was only 20 minutes into the Premier League highlights broadcast when she had to make a swift exit.<\/p>\n
But when cameras returned to the BBC studio in Salford, she had gone.<\/p>\n
The 52-year-old departed early due to a family emergency.<\/p>\n
Match of the Day producers rapidly dialled in fellow host Mark Chapman to take over.<\/p>\n
He had been presenting a radio show at the time.<\/p>\n
Mark Chapman was rushed into the studio to take over broadcasting duties<\/p>\n
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Chapman told MOTD watchers: “We’ll talk about that game [Manchester City v Brighton] in just a moment.<\/p>\n
“Sadly, Gabby has got a family emergency which she’s had to rush off and deal with.<\/p>\n
“So she’s gone to do that and I’ve come from the radio to finish the show.”<\/p>\n
After Logan rushed off, MOTD fans were quick to offer their support online.<\/p>\n
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Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman typically share their on-air duties alongside Sky Sports’s Kelly Cates<\/p>\n
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One, Frank Maguire, said on social media: “Hope Gabby Logan’s family emergency is ok. Chappers is such a talent, how many people could jump off radio and straight onto MOTD.”<\/p>\n
Anoher offered their best wishes to the presenting pair, saying: “Mark Chapman is wildly underrated. An absolutely brilliant broadcaster – proving it yet again tonight. <\/p>\n
“Best wishes to Gabby Logan, hopefully the family emergency isn\u2019t owt traumatic.”<\/p>\n
Logan had initially been joined by Stephen Warnock and Danny Murphy before Chapman stepped in.<\/p>\n
The duo usually share their on-air duties alongside Sky Sports’s Kelly Cates – with the former selected to lead analysis for the midweek fixtures.<\/p>\n
Logan had hosted MOTD last Sunday, while Chapman led the show on Saturday the previous day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match of the Day host Gabby Logan has been forced to leave the studio early this evening due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,1576,447,480,134,596,588],"class_list":{"0":"post-398874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bbc","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-celebrity","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-sport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}