BBC commentator Paul Hand has come under criticism following his 'ill judged' comments during coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Paul Hand was commentating on a tennis match between Johanna Konta and Svetlana Kuznetsova when the comment was made. During a break in play the camera moved around the grounds, engaging in 'kiss cam' activity with members of the audience.
Hand joined in with the activity, encouraging members of the audience to kiss, telling one couple 'come on, let's have a kiss'. He then went on to make a 'joke' by saying, 'let's hope they don't go on to two blokes sat next to each other'.
Whilst this kind of comment may go over the heads of a lot of people many who recognised it as the everyday homophobia that it is took to social media to condemn both Hand and the BBC.
The BBC have since released a statement of apology, 'The comment was ill judged and we apologise to any of our viewers who were offended'. Paul Hand himself has yet to release a statement on the incident.
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Silly. Much worse happens in a local pub. I am transgender and if I got all excited when someone made a simple joke like that Id have people walking on eggshells all around me.
ReplyDeleteI DO NOT WANT people to feel uncomfortable about whether the way they are talking passes as 'transphobic'.
And yet, it is anti-LGBTQ, and he's an ass for being so. The fact that worse happens elsewhere does not make his homophobia acceptable.
DeleteAnd yet, it is anti-LGBTQ, and he's an ass for being so. The fact that worse happens elsewhere does not make his homophobia acceptable.
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