yesterday two commentators from a Canadian sport channel ''RDS'',made homophobic comments concerning the American figure skater Johnny Weir at Olympics.Two other commentators from an Australian TV station, made also homophobic comments.
This morning: about the homophobic comments made from two Canadians commentators Alain Goldberg and Claude Mailhot on a Canadian sport channel ''RDS'', concerning the American figure skater Johnny Weir at the Vancouver Olympics. The President of Quebec council of gays and lesbians, steve Foster, was asking public apologies from these two commentators. It is confirming now that they will make soon apologies. Thanks to Steve Foster for his action.
There apologies were not well received..The 2 commentators will have to explain themself during a press conference. Quebec is in avant garde reference the fight against homophobia and the rights of GLBT.
Australia.
A PAIR of Aussie sports commentators have been given a dressing down for making a series of anti-gay jibes about male figure skaters and their outfits at the Winter Olympics.
The broadcasters described skating routines at the Games as "Brokeback Mountain" exercises — a reference to the Oscar-winning film about two gay cowboys.
Eddie McGuire and Mick Moloy also quipped that the Games' organisers were shocked to discover one of the male ice skaters was NOT gay and mocked their costumes.
Their schoolboy jokes, aired on Aussie TV station Channel Nine, have been given a frosty reception back home.
Dozens of viewers have complained directly to the station while others have started a Facebook page called "Eddie McGuire is ruining the 2010 Winter Olympics coverage".
The men's figure skating event in Vancouver, Canada, has been particularly flamboyant with competitors bidding to outdo each other in the costume stakes.
As the two commentators watched a procession of skaters appear in ever more outrageous outfits, Molloy remarked: "They don't leave anything in the locker room these blokes, do they?"
McGuire responded: "They don't leave anything in the closet either, do they?".
The pair also talked about the "organisers' shock" that there was a non-gay competitor in the competition.
Then when apologising for the comment Molloy managed to add a further insult.
He said: "I suggested that there was a disaster happening at the ice skating rink because organisers had found out one of the male ice dancers wasn't gay.
"And I apologise for that really sincerely."
But as flamboyant US skater Johnny Weir, wearing a black and pink outfit and holding a heart-shaped cushion, took to the ice, he quipped: "But it definitely wasn't this guy."
When a skater appeared in an outfit modelled on a tuxedo, Molloy described it as being something that even the pop star Prince would not dare to wear.
And when another came on in a Western-inspired costume of overalls and checked shirt, McGuire said it "was a bit of Brokeback".
Molloy added: "A bit of Brokeback Mountain exercises. You can't wear that?"
The two commentators are known for their childish humour.
On the anti-McGuire Facebook page, one member wrote: "Time for him to retire and replace him with someone more educated in life."
Channel Nine has confirmed it received a number of complaints, including some from the Facebook site but has not made an official comment.
Read more:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2859187/Gay-jibes-get-frosty-reception.html#ixzz0g1r2xtzG.
The Canadian Commentators are not out of the woods yet, it might even cost them there jobs.
We need to fight Homophobia......
