Olympic commentators (Australian) make homophobic remarks

[WillParkinson]

Olympic commentators make homophobic remarks

An Australian TV channel has received more than a dozen complaints after two commentators made homophobic remarks about men’s figure skating

Says Pink News:

Mick Molloy said: “They don’t leave anything in the locker room these blokes do they?”

Eddie McGuire interrupted: “They don’t leave anything in the closet either do they?”

Molloy then joked that McGuire could get into trouble for the comment but then said described another skater’s costume as something even singer Prince would not wear.

Another competitor’s costume was described by McGuire as “a bit of a broke back” – a reference to the gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain.

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[marmar]

1. I guess Neanderthal sports announcers aren't limited to these shores.....

nt

[Green_Lantern]

2. is this an Improv contest...

He said: “I suggested that there was a disaster happening at the ice skating rink because organizers had found out one of the male ice dancers wasn’t gay.

“And I apologise for that really sincerely.”

But when a skater came into shot wearing a black and pink outfit with a heart-shaped cushion, he said: “But it definitely wasn’t this guy.”

He was almost set up to make that joke.

[joeybee12]

3. Australians being homophobic!!!!

Never!

[jeremyfive]

4. OK, They Know How to Be Homophobic. . .

. . . Too bad they don't know how to be humorous.