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Rio Ferdinand appears to endorse "choc ice" race traitor insult levelled at Ashley Cole on Twitter

Rio Ferdinand appeared to endorse an accusation that Ashley Cole betrayed his race yesterday for the statements the Chelsea defender gave at John Terry’s trial last week.


By Luke Edwards

8:45PM BST 14 Jul 2012

In a response to a tweet from another user in which Cole was described as Terry’s “choc ice” and a “sellout” Ferdinand responded with “I hear you fella! Choc ice is classic hahahahahahahha!”

The term choc-ice — dark on the outside but white inside – is a derogatory one often aimed at black people who are seen to be too keen to please white people – a contemporary version of the Uncle Tom insult.

Terry was found not guilty of racially abusing Ferdinand’s brother, Anton, in a case which saw Cole called as a witness for the defence. Terry’s defence centred on his claim he had only said the words 'f------ black c---’ to deny using them after Ferdinand had accused him of saying it to him during a heated exchange between the pair.

Neither Anton or Rio have given an interview since Terry was cleared by District Judge Howard Riddle, the former responding to questions from reporters on QPR’s pre-season tour of Malaysia with a firm “no comment”.

Rio’s tweet was subsequently deleted from his page and the Manchester United defender — who Cole described as a “friend” in court – later tweeted: “And if I want to laugh at something someone tweets....I will! Hahahahaha! Now stop getting ya knickers in a twist!”

Another tweet read “Its Sarcasm!” – a clear reference to Terry who, in his defence during the case, had said he was being sarcastic rather than racist.

Worryingly for the FA and for Mark Hughes, Roberto Di Matteo and Sir Alex Ferguson (the managers of QPR, Chelsea and Manchester United) the ill-feeling could boil over when the teams meet again next season.

Ferdinand was controversially left out of the England squad by manager Roy Hodgson for the European Championship, while Terry played in every game in Poland and Ukraine.

Although Hodgson insisted his decision was solely down to “football reasons”, it is widely thought the animosity between the two former centre-back partners meant they could no longer play in the same team together.

During Terry’s trial Ferdinand provocatively tweeted his film of the day, was Liar, Liar. The following day he went on to the social network site to say it was Steve Coogan’s Cock and Bull story.

Several black players have privately admitted they will find it difficult to shake Terry’s hands after what has happened and it would seem unlikely either Anton or Rio Ferdinand is willing to do so when QPR and Manchester United play Chelsea next season.

A spokesman for Cole said last night: “Ashley Cole… wishes to make it clear that he and Rio Ferdinand are good friends and has no intention of making any sort of complaint. Ashley appreciates that Tweeting is so quick it often results in offhand and stray comments.”

Representatives for Rio Ferdinand refused to comment on the tweet on Saturday night.

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