Bode Miller reduced to tears by NBC reporter's repeated questions about dead brother (VIDEO)

NBC is feeling the heat after one of its reporters questioned bronze medal winning skier Bode Miller so much about the death of his brother he began to sob uncontrollably on camera.

Christin Cooper interviewed Miller just moments after he finished third in the Super G final Sunday, making the 36-year-old both the most medaled skier in history and the oldest person to win an alpine medal at the Games.

However, what should have been a happy moment quickly turned to tears when Cooper's quest to bring a personal insight to the story swerved out of bounds.

Miller was the first to mention his brother, Chilly, a snowboarder who died in April from a seizure, but Cooper continued to push to the point so much that the skier had to walk away.

Cooper badgered Miller about his brother well after Miller became visibly emotional.

As Miller began to tear up, Cooper asked if his performance was for Chilly. He struggled but managed to answer the question, saying that it wasn't for him but he wanted to make himself proud.

But then she asks whether he had been talking to his brother when he looked up at the sky before the start of the race.

That incessant line of questioning became too much for Miller as he fully breaks down, hunching over before walking away.

Finally, his wife, professional volleyball player Morgan Miller, comes to comfort him.

The interview was conducted on Sunday, and NBC's edit later that night showed Miller for more than a minute after the interview ended, crying, from different camera angles.

Twitter erupted with criticism for Cooper, with most saying she was too aggressive.

But Miller took to Twitter and defended Miller — who was also a skier before getting the TV gig.

"I appreciate everyone sticking up for me. Please be gentle w christin cooper, it was crazy emotional and not all her fault. #heatofthemoment' he wrote.

"My emotions were very raw, she asked the questions that every interviewer would have, pushing is part of it, she wasn't trying to cause pain."

I appreciate everyone sticking up for me. Please be gentle w christin cooper, it was crazy emotional and not all her fault. #heatofthemoment
— Bode Miller (@MillerBode) February 17, 2014

The win was Miller's sixth career Olympic medal over a 12 year span, and he now has sole possession of second place on the all-time men's Alpine medal list.

Sunglasses company claims shades saved Bode Miller's wife's eye

A sunglasses manufacturer is claiming that pro volleyball player Morgan Miller — the wife of Olympic skier Bode Miller — would be missing one of her eyes if not for the special sunglasses she was wearing when her husband teed off a golf ball into her face, reports TMZ.

Morgan tweeted about her husband's wayward shot after it happened on Wednesday.  She also posted a  grisly-looking photo with a short explanation — claiming she and Bode were out on the links (somewhere) and he accidentally whacked her with the 160 mph golf shot. Warning: The photo is graphic.

While recovering in the hospital, the bloodied Morgan thanked the sunglasses manufacturer — a firm called Kaenon — for making the sturdy shades which saved her eyeball.

A rep for the Kaenon said the SR-91 polarized lenses Morgan was wearing are the reason the company created the special "impact resistant" sports performance sunglasses — the only ones on the market.

Morgan is now a fan of the shades and the part-time model said, thanks to them, she "only got 50+ stitches instead of losing my eye."

She later tweeted that she was looking for some new eyewear:

"Discharged and headed home.  Hoping I can score a cool eyepatch for Carving's race on Saturday."