EKEventViewController shows strange dark background - ios

Basically I have a tableView in my viewController showing some calendar events and upon clicking a row I want to show the default EKEventViewController that presents the event in a standard way.
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
let eventViewController = EKEventViewController()
eventViewController.event = lastEvents[indexPath.row]
eventViewController.allowsCalendarPreview = true
show(eventViewController, sender: nil)
}
This works, however there's a strange dark background that appears "under" this EKEventViewController. I have to get rid of this background.
I've uploaded an example application that exhibits this behavior.
Additionally, after the EKEventViewController has been shown and popped, there remains a bar at the bottom (where the "Delete Event" button was).
Edit: I forgot to mention that there's a debug message telling me Unable to simultaneously satisfy constraints. However it's strange since it's not really my layout. All I'm doing is showing this viewController.
Here's how it looks:

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Attached GIF shows the jump / glitch when the user taps the status bar for the first time, followed by the expected behaviour when the status bar is tapped for the second time.
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--- UPDATE #2 ---
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