Is it me, or is this story impossible to read on an iPhone? I get about 1/3 of the way in, and the text gets covered with a dark gray overlay approx 9000px tall

Is it me, or is this story impossible to read on an iPhone? I get about 1/3 of the way in, and the text gets covered with a dark gray overlay approx 9000px tall with a photo of Neil Patrick Harris in the middle.