Oops Chris

[Wayne Arnold]

Was a set-up by Channel 10 and the Big Bash to generate further publicity and is working a treat.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Has Mel released a statement yet? I'm interested to see how she felt, not how everyone else feels.

Don't you realise it was never about how Mel feels, it's about everyone else's opinion on how Mel should feel?

#meta

 

[ManWithNoName]

Thanks mate. Yeah well he should appologise to her for sure. Doesn't have to be in public but wouldn't hurt to pick up the phone.

The overreaction from both sides is pretty embarassing though, i'm sure this will pass inside a week.

"I'm sorry she feels that way" is a dick thing to say though. As was his cracking it and walking away from the press conference.

 

[dispute]

Thanks mate. Then he should appologise to her. Doesn't have to be in the public eye but a phone call wouldn't hurt.

The overreaction on both sides is pretty out of control. It will all blow over in a week.

 

[JUBJUB]

Has Mel released a statement yet? I'm interested to see how she felt, not how everyone else feels.

She hasn't but her boss has spoken to her about it

A clearly uncomfortable McLaughlin finished the interview with class, but Channel 10 Head of Sport David Barham, at home watching the match on television, said McLaughlin was angered by the experience.

“Mel was good. I spoke to her immediately afterwards. I rang her and she was on the ground ... she was a bit angry and upset I suppose,” Barham told 3AW today.

“She was asking him legitimate questions about cricket and he turned it into talking about her eyes. She was a bit taken aback ... embarrassed.


“I thought it was a bit demeaning. She was pretty composed, really, and agreed that we’ve just got to get on with the game and that’s just what she did. I thought she handled it brilliantly.

“She was angry and she was upset. She was doing her best to get an insightful interview about the cricket. That’s what her job is and she works really hard at it. She’s really well prepared. I think she was very surprised.”


Barham described the comments as “highly inappropriate” and said if he were Gayle, he would be apologising immediately.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/c...n/news-story/112048d7837a8e1483b0440587b8fec0

 

[Scott Steiner]

#illridewithchris

 

[JUBJUB]

Her job is to be eye candy.

Scott Steiner taking the Mrs back to the kitchen after she escaped

 

[dispute]

Only feel sorry for Mel in this situation. She had no control over what Chris said, nor did she have any control over the way the media has run with the story. Now every man and his dog is running to write an article on how they feel about the situation like that's the only thing that matters.

 

[Colonial]

Her job is to be eye candy.

No actually, its being the sideline reporter

 

[JUBJUB]

Was a set-up by Channel 10 and the Big Bash to generate further publicity and is working a treat.

 

[SportsCentre]

Rewind back to the innings break when they were interviewing Boonie.
I thought she looked uncomfortable during that, as a lot of her questions were given lip service by Boon who focused more intently on Fleming's questions.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Thanks mate. Then he should appologise to her. Doesn't have to be in the public eye but a phone call wouldn't hurt.

The overreaction on both sides is pretty out of control. It will all blow over in a week.

It should be in the public eye given how many kids would fawn over how 'cool' Gayle is and everything he does. He has a responsibility as a public figure.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

"She was doing her best to get an insightful interview about the cricket"

Well there's her first mistake. It's a meaningless smashabout form of the game which players like Gayle don't take seriously (other than the paycheque), so why would you expect an insightful interview?

 

[Oaktree]

The press conference was a joke. All these reporters trying to get their moment in the sunshine. He conducted himself well.

Plus it was hardly an organised press conference, just a bunch of reporters approaching him at the airport so he can say as little or as much as he likes.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Well there's her first mistake. It's a meaningless smashabout form of the game which players like Gayle don't take seriously (other than the paycheque), so why would you expect an insightful interview?

Why would you expect an athlete paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to be able to give a professional interview to the network largely responsible for the size of his pay cheque?

Gee I dunno.

 

[Donakebab]

Well there's her first mistake. It's a meaningless smashabout form of the game which players like Gayle don't take seriously (other than the paycheque), so why would you expect an insightful interview?

The millions of dollars involved, massive crowds, constant 1m+ TV ratings, countless other domestic competitions popping up around the globe and a world championship show pretty clearly that it's not just a meaningless event.

 

[2006_Eagles]

It should be in the public eye given how many kids would fawn over how 'cool' Gayle is and everything he does. He has a responsibility as a public figure.

You can see he thinks he is God's absolute gift to women and would be proper shocked she shot him down

 

[LFC2010]

Channel 10 seemed to accommodate D Bravo last year



double standards by channel 10 to draw the long bow on C Gayle.

 

[dispute]

It should be in the public eye given how many kids would fawn over how 'cool' Gayle is and everything he does. He has a responsibility as a public figure.

I would just think a phonecall is more personal and actually means something. Half the time the public appologies look so forced and they are just to appease the people that are outraged.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Channel 10 seemed to accommodate D Bravo last year



double standards by channel 10 to draw the long bow on C Gayle.

Only saving grace was that it wasn't said in person, I guess

 

[Bomberboyokay]

People who think it was hilarious and social media should shut up probably the same folk who watch The Footy Show.

 

[nobbyiscool]

The press conference was a joke. All these reporters trying to get their moment in the sunshine. He conducted himself well.

Plus it was hardly an organised press conference, just a bunch of reporters approaching him at the airport so he can say as little or as much as he likes.

The Renegades announced that it was a press conference. Trying to shrug off the role that the journalists are playing is exactly what Gayle did last night.

I wonder if Gayle or the Renegades have any concept of how much worse he just made it this morning. That press conference was a disgrace. If the subject of your harassment is offended, she's allowed to be offended. You don't get to ignore her concerns by shrugging it off as a joke.

CA had already said they would be making a statement later today, clearly wanting to see how the press conference played it. It wouldn't shock me in the slightest if they suspend him for a game. If they're serious about this being a family game, and wanting to attract women and girls, they need to make a statement.

Would it be an overreaction? It would've been if he had've been genuinely contrite this morning. But ignoring the concerns, saying "sorry if she's offended" and stomping off demonstrated he has no contrition, and no understanding of what he did.

 

[Oaktree]

Gayle actually apologised to her at the end of the interview on air. So no wonder the moral outrage will annoy him.

Plenty of opportunists out there looking to raise their profiles here with opinion pieces in the papers and on air.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Why would you expect an athlete paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to be able to give a professional interview to the network largely responsible for the size of his pay cheque?

Gee I dunno.

I wouldn't really expect that, he's a cricket player not a neuroscientist. When he's going into a prepared a prepared promotional press conference and someone has had time to coach him on his lines, yeah maybe. On the boundary line a minute or two after he's been batting, I wouldn't expect him to think too much about what he is saying at all.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

The millions of dollars involved, massive crowds, constant 1m+ TV ratings, countless other domestic competitions popping up around the globe and a world championship show pretty clearly that it's not just a meaningless event.

It is to Chris Gayle, he's here for the money.