[Crimson Dynamo]

'We look like a right pair of woofters': Sky football presenter forced to apologise after Terry Venables' homophobic joke about picture of him holding hands with Brian Clough

• Venables was being interviewed on Sky show Goals on Sunday
• He told an anecdote about how the late Brian Clough held his hand
• It happened at the 1991 FA Cup final at Wembley
• But Venables then appeared to make a homophobic joke about it
• Venables is a former England international player and manager

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz32kOysnt7

[Black Dagger]

"Woofters"

[arista]

"It happened at the 1991 FA Cup final at Wembley"

So its far back



Who gives a FECK

[Crimson Dynamo]

sky execs worried that they may get blame. its not about homosexual equality and all about execs worrying about blame

twats

[Livia]

Venables is a different generation. I'm not excusing homophobic comments, but I seriously doubt it was meant as a slight on the gay community.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I rekon if he had said like a couple of gays it sounds worse

what exactly is wrong with saying they looked like a couple of gay men as they do

its not as if he was saying "yeah we looked gay and that is really bad"

fear of blame again

[MTVN]

Can't say stuff like that on tv anymore Terry, it's right that he apologised

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Can't say stuff like that on tv anymore Terry, it's right that he apologised

no, lets just stick with listening to american artists telling us about how they are going to bitch slap some N1gga hoe and watch them degrade women on youtube and feel like we have left the dark ages behind..

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

no, lets just stick with listening to american artists telling us about how they are going to bitch slap some N1gga hoe and watch them degrade women on youtube and feel like we have left the dark ages behind..

Well that's not really the same thing, anyone can upload anything to youtube and people will only watch what they choose to watch on there, it's slightly different to someone coming out with an unexpectedly homophobic remark on a Sunday morning show on a major tv channel

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Well that's not really the same thing, anyone can upload anything to youtube and people will only watch what they choose to watch on there, it's slightly different to someone coming out with an unexpectedly homophobic remark on a Sunday morning show on a major tv channel

why is it homophobic which infers a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality?

he was rightly saying they looked like a couple of gay men but he was not stating that there was anything wrong with being gay as far as i can see?

he said it in a light hearted manner and there was no malice intended

saying someone looks gay is not a crime

[MTVN]

I imagine the word 'woofter' was the problem here, I'm sure he didn't mean to cause offence but it's better to be safe than sorry and apologise for it

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I imagine the word 'woofter' was the problem here, I'm sure he didn't mean to cause offence but it's better to be safe than sorry and apologise for it

It has always been a pretty inoffensive alternative to poofter

I wish that spineless sheppard had told his metrosexual 20 something producer to go feck himself

[Shaun]

Unless you're gay I don't think you really get to say what is and isn't offensive to homosexuals, LT.

I personally hate ****/woofter/etc. They're always said with deridation.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Unless you're gay I don't think you really get to say what is and isn't offensive to homosexuals, LT.

I personally hate ****/woofter/etc. They're always said with deridation.

In this instance he did not say it with malice if you watch he said yes they looked like they were gay, which they did, the degradation is only in those who somehow take offense at anyone saying anyone is gay

All this does is reduce homophobia to a trivial thing - it works against.