diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index f3ae3fd4c..e1a661033 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
         if transform_source:
             json_string = transform_source(json_string)
         try:
-            return json.loads(json_string)
+            return json.loads(json_string, strict=False)
         except ValueError as ve:
             errmsg = '%s: Failed to parse JSON ' % video_id
             if fatal: