diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index 597db63d1..2180f879c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -3548,14 +3548,18 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
 
         def extractor():
             comments = []
+            interrupted = True
             try:
                 while True:
                     comments.append(next(generator))
-            except KeyboardInterrupt:
-                interrupted = True
-                self.to_screen('Interrupted by user')
             except StopIteration:
                 interrupted = False
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                self.to_screen('Interrupted by user')
+            except Exception as e:
+                if self.get_param('ignoreerrors') is not True:
+                    raise
+                self._downloader.report_error(e)
             comment_count = len(comments)
             self.to_screen(f'Extracted {comment_count} comments')
             return {