Maybe so arista, but Eamonn Holmes seemed a bit sheepish about discussing the incident on Sky News Sunrise this morning
He didn't pour over the tabloid front pages for half as long as usual! I see the Guardian is even getting-in on the stirring with articles like this:
What does it take to get sacked in sports broadcasting?
A rogues' gallery of presenters and pundits and the fate that awaited them after their indiscretions
Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder
A Las Vegas bookie with an NFL punditry slot on CBS, Snyder broke bread with a TV reporter in a Washington restaurant in 1988, and came unstuck with comments about black athletes: "The black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be that way. This goes back all the way to the Civil War when the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have a big black kid."
Sacked
Ron Franklin
The veteran ESPN commentator addressed touchline reporter Jeannine Edwards as "sweet baby" in a production meeting on New Years Eve 2010, then responded to her objection by calling her an "asshole".
Sacked
Chris Price
In 2008, the freelance BBC Radio Manchester reporter described Bradford City's defence as "having more holes than a Spanish aircraft". A week earlier, a Spanair jet had crashed, killing 153.
Not invited back
Alan Pardew
Watching footage of Michael Essien tackling Ched Evans while on the Match of the Day 2 sofa in 2009, the then-Southampton manager opined that the Chelsea midfielder had "absolutely raped" his opponent.
Not invited back
Ron Atkinson
The ITV commentator and Guardian columnist accused Marcel Desailly of being a "*******ing lazy thick n****r" when supposedly off-mic during Chelsea's 2004 Champions League semi-final defeat in Monaco.
Sacked and loses newspaper column
Rodney Marsh
On a January 2005 edition of You're On Sky Sports, Marsh claimed David Beckham had turned down a move to Newcastle after hearing about trouble with "the Toon Army in Asia". The previous month, over 200,000 people had died after an earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Sacked
Richard Keys
In 2007, introducing highlights of the Faroe Islands v Scotland Euro 2008 qualifier, the Sky anchor finished his link, then added the following open-mic flourish: "Daft little ground, silly game, ******* off."
Slap on wrist
LIFE IN THE BROADCASTING LANE