HippoSucks Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) Quote Chris Gayle, the West Indies batsman, could face fresh allegations of sexism following lewd remarks made to a female journalist in an interview published by the Times this Saturday. Gayle was widely condemned at the start of the year for asking the reporter Mel McLaughlin out on a date on live television when playing in Australia’s Big Bash League, saying: “Your eyes are beautiful, hopefully we can win this game and then we can have a drink after as well. Don’t blush, baby.” And now speaking to Charlotte Edwardes, in an article published by the Times magazine, Gayle claims to have “a very, very big bat, the biggest in the wooooorld,” before adding: “You think you could lift it? You’d need two hands.” According to the piece, Gayle goes on to ask Edwardes how many black men she has “had” before inquiring as to whether she has ever had a “t’eesome”. He then asks Edwardes if she dyes her hair while flicking his eyes downwards, according to her account of the exchange. Later on in the interview he says “women should have equality and they do have equality. They have more than equality. Women can do what they want. Jamaican women are very vocal. They will let you know what time is it, for sure.” With Gayle warming to his equality theme, Edwardes asks about sharing domestic duties such as cooking and looking after a baby and he adds: “No, that OK. [With a baby] then she doesn’t have to [cook]. We can stop and buy a meal. If she’s working, then the couple share. First person home, cooks.” But, he adds, “women should please their man. When he comes home, food is on the table. Serious. You ask your husband what he likes and then you make it.” On homophobia, however, Gayle said: “The culture I grew up in, gays were negative. [But] people can do whatever they want. You can’t tell someone how to live their life. It’s a free world.” Gayle, who was fined Aus$10,000 in January by his employers Melbourne Renegades for the exchange with McLaughlin, is due to play in England this summer for Somerset in the NatWest T20 Blast, his second time at the county following a brief three-match spell last year. Somerset’s chief executive, Guy Lavender, who said Gayle’s comments in January were “completely inappropriate”, declined to comment when contacted by the Guardian on Friday, having not read the Times interview, but added: “Broadly speaking, when he was with us he was fantastic both in terms of activities on and off the pitch.” https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/20/chris-gayle-sexism-allegations-interview-times Quote Chris Gayle has responded to the criticism he received from fellow cricketers following his sexist comments during a live interview in last season's Big Bash League, with Andrew Flintoff, Chris Rogers and Ian Chappell all coming under fire in an extract from his new autobiography. In January, Gayle was fined $10,000 by his club, Melbourne Renegades, after propositioning Channel Ten's pitch-side reporter, Mel McLaughlin, during a mid-match piece to camera, in which he first asked McLaughlin out for a drink and then responded to her visible unease with the words, "Don't blush, baby". Despite the controversy that ensued, Gayle remains unrepentant five months down the line. "Now T20 is different," he writes, in a serialised extract of his book Six Machine, published in theTimes. "It's not Test cricket. It's chilled and fun and let's do things different. So when Mel asks me that question I stay in the T20 mind, and answer informal and fun. I meant it as a joke. I meant it as a little fun. I didn't mean to be disrespectful and I didn't mean it to be taken serious." As Gayle noted, Network Ten's commentary team could be heard laughing on air after the incident. "But someone up above them clearly decided to step in, and a throwaway comment in a fun format escalates and blows up and within hours it has turned into a major international incident," he wrote. "Don't hate me just because I'm not what you want me to be. Don't hate me because I'm not who you are. I am me and I am honest. I stand by my friends and my friends stand by me." Among the most scathing critics of his actions was Rogers, the former Australia opening batsman who is also a team-mate of Gayle's at Somerset. Speaking on an ABC radio show shortly after the incident, Rogers accused Gayle of setting a bad example for his younger team-mates, adding that his was a "pattern of behaviour … [that] you see over and over". In response, however, Gayle insinuated that Rogers was a hypocrite, and had acted more like "Roger Rabbit". "Chris Rogers, how can you claim that when it was you and me at the bar most nights?" he wrote, "I'm not a snitch, but I've heard from your own mouth what you've done. Next time you want to open your mouth, maybe chew on a carrot instead." As for Flintoff, who wrote on Twitter after the McLaughlin incident that Gayle had made himself look a bit of a "chop", Gayle suggested - slightly bizarrely - that his criticisms were invalidated because of Flintoff's own admission, in an interview last year, that he had once been run out in a Test match after taking Viagra. "Freddie Flintstone, a young boy like you taking Viagra? Don't lecture me," wrote Gayle. "The only chop Freddie knows is when he used to bowl short to me and I would chop him past backward point for four." Chappell, who had called for Gayle to face a world-wide ban following his comments, also came in for a rebuke. "Ian Chappell, calling for me to be banned worldwide. Ian Chappell, a man who was once convicted of unlawful assault in the West Indies for punching a cricket official. Ian Chappell, how can you ban the Universe Boss? You'd have to ban cricket itself." Gayle, who is due to play for Somerset again this season in the NatWest T20 Blast, had sparked another sexism row earlier this week when he asked a Times journalist, Charlotte Edwardes, a string of inappropriate questions, including how many black men she has "had" and whether she had ever engaged in a "t'eesome", while also claiming he had "the biggest bat in the wooooorld". However, Somerset dismissed any suggestion that they will renege on their six-game deal with Gayle as a consequence of his comments. "I was disappointed to read the article," Guy Lavender, the Somerset chief executive, told theObserver. "But as I've said before, we found him to be fantastic the last time he was here, in terms of activities both on and off the pitch. "It's a shame, because it detracts from his cricketing ability. The fact is, what he has said is inappropriate. But we haven't had an opportunity to discuss [it] with him. I'm sure we will. But I don't see it as grounds not to have him playing for us this summer." http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1018659.html Quote MUMBAI: Chris Gayle's controversial remarks in an interview he gave to a female journalist in a British newspaper (The Times) recently has led to the Melbourne Renegades announcing that they will not offer him a fresh contract for next season's Big Bash League (BBL). Gayle also faces a possible censure from English county club Somerset, for whom he's slated to play soon. To add to his worries, the Jamaican's latest antics may just put him in serious trouble in the IPL too. Taking cognizance of the issue, IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla told TOI on Tuesday: "The players must behave. We expect the players to adhere to a certain kind of behaviour when the tournament is on. The players should maintain the sanctity of the league. These kind of statements are totally uncalled for in public domain. I will take up this issue with the president and the secretary of the BCCI." Shukla also said he would take up the matter with the Royal Challengers Bangalore management. Gayle has played for the RCB, who've qualified for the playoffs this time, in the IPL since 2011. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), though, is trying to distance itself away from the issue, and may only act if a complaint is lodged against the West Indian star. "At this point, we'll not look into it. We're focused on completing the IPL, which has reached its final stages. What has happened in this case is between two foreign individuals. It is a personal matter between people who aren't from India. At the same time, that doesn't mean that we'll ignore it. If a complaint is brought to us, we'll act on it. If it develops into something more, we'll look into it at an appropriate stage," Shirke said. The Jamaican had courted similar controversy earlier in the year during his infamous "don't blush baby" interview with Australian reporter Mel McLaughlin during last season's BBL. Gayle has made 142 runs in eight games at 17.75. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Troubles-mount-for-Chris-Gayle/articleshow/52428009.cms Edited May 25, 2016 by HippoSucks tweaker 1
mishra Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Poor Gayle. Media is after witch hunt, when they themselves put a lot of points on looks when it comes to selecting their news journos. Rasgulla and tweaker 2
beetle Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 The guy is a first class creep.Extremely unprofessional. He has just become a father of a baby girl and this is how he behaves not even a month after her birth. tweaker, HippoSucks and CoverDrive 3
maniac Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 Well I mean the McLaughlin incident was kinda over hyped but this is taking it to a different level tweaker 1
gattaca Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) This conversation looks to be a but private. Looks like the reporter is using for her advantage. Who would he ask all these things about no of guys slept with in an interview. He also talks about equality and cooking food. Edited May 23, 2016 by gattaca tweaker 1
mishra Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 1 hour ago, gattaca said: This conversation looks to be a but private. Looks like the reporter is using for her advantage. Who would he ask all these things about no of guys slept with in an interview. He also talks about equality and cooking food. They are talking about threesome , sex. I am sure this women would have responded un terms if orgy. Nowhere article mentions it was a interview instead terms like " account" and "exchange" being used. Standard of guardian is getting low and low everyday. Have allready swithed to independent MechEng and tweaker 2
HippoSucks Posted May 23, 2016 Author Posted May 23, 2016 3 minutes ago, mishra said: They are talking about threesome , sex. I am sure this women would have responded un terms if orgy. Nowhere article mentions it was a interview instead terms like " account" and "exchange" being used. Standard of guardian is getting low and low everyday. Have allready swithed to independent The article clearly says that it was an interview. "Later on in the interview he says" "remarks made to a female journalist in an interview published by the Times this Saturday" 1 hour ago, gattaca said: This conversation looks to be a but private. Looks like the reporter is using for her advantage. Who would he ask all these things about no of guys slept with in an interview. He also talks about equality and cooking food. That's the point, what kind of a person would say these things during an interview? tweaker 1
HippoSucks Posted May 23, 2016 Author Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) Quote Chris Gayle has responded to the criticism he received from fellow cricketers following his sexist comments during a live interview in last season's Big Bash League, with Andrew Flintoff, Chris Rogers and Ian Chappell all coming under fire in an extract from his new autobiography. In January, Gayle was fined $10,000 by his club, Melbourne Renegades, after propositioning Channel Ten's pitch-side reporter, Mel McLaughlin, during a mid-match piece to camera, in which he first asked McLaughlin out for a drink and then responded to her visible unease with the words, "Don't blush, baby". Despite the controversy that ensued, Gayle remains unrepentant five months down the line. "Now T20 is different," he writes, in a serialised extract of his book Six Machine, published in theTimes. "It's not Test cricket. It's chilled and fun and let's do things different. So when Mel asks me that question I stay in the T20 mind, and answer informal and fun. I meant it as a joke. I meant it as a little fun. I didn't mean to be disrespectful and I didn't mean it to be taken serious." As Gayle noted, Network Ten's commentary team could be heard laughing on air after the incident. "But someone up above them clearly decided to step in, and a throwaway comment in a fun format escalates and blows up and within hours it has turned into a major international incident," he wrote. "Don't hate me just because I'm not what you want me to be. Don't hate me because I'm not who you are. I am me and I am honest. I stand by my friends and my friends stand by me." Among the most scathing critics of his actions was Rogers, the former Australia opening batsman who is also a team-mate of Gayle's at Somerset. Speaking on an ABC radio show shortly after the incident, Rogers accused Gayle of setting a bad example for his younger team-mates, adding that his was a "pattern of behaviour … [that] you see over and over". In response, however, Gayle insinuated that Rogers was a hypocrite, and had acted more like "Roger Rabbit". "Chris Rogers, how can you claim that when it was you and me at the bar most nights?" he wrote, "I'm not a snitch, but I've heard from your own mouth what you've done. Next time you want to open your mouth, maybe chew on a carrot instead." As for Flintoff, who wrote on Twitter after the McLaughlin incident that Gayle had made himself look a bit of a "chop", Gayle suggested - slightly bizarrely - that his criticisms were invalidated because of Flintoff's own admission, in an interview last year, that he had once been run out in a Test match after taking Viagra. "Freddie Flintstone, a young boy like you taking Viagra? Don't lecture me," wrote Gayle. "The only chop Freddie knows is when he used to bowl short to me and I would chop him past backward point for four." Chappell, who had called for Gayle to face a world-wide ban following his comments, also came in for a rebuke. "Ian Chappell, calling for me to be banned worldwide. Ian Chappell, a man who was once convicted of unlawful assault in the West Indies for punching a cricket official. Ian Chappell, how can you ban the Universe Boss? You'd have to ban cricket itself." Gayle, who is due to play for Somerset again this season in the NatWest T20 Blast, had sparked another sexism row earlier this week when he asked a Times journalist, Charlotte Edwardes, a string of inappropriate questions, including how many black men she has "had" and whether she had ever engaged in a "t'eesome", while also claiming he had "the biggest bat in the wooooorld". However, Somerset dismissed any suggestion that they will renege on their six-game deal with Gayle as a consequence of his comments. "I was disappointed to read the article," Guy Lavender, the Somerset chief executive, told theObserver. "But as I've said before, we found him to be fantastic the last time he was here, in terms of activities both on and off the pitch. "It's a shame, because it detracts from his cricketing ability. The fact is, what he has said is inappropriate. But we haven't had an opportunity to discuss [it] with him. I'm sure we will. But I don't see it as grounds not to have him playing for us this summer." http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1018659.html What a narcissist. Edited May 23, 2016 by HippoSucks tweaker 1
mishra Posted May 23, 2016 Posted May 23, 2016 12 minutes ago, HippoSucks said: The article clearly says that it was an interview. "Later on in the interview he says" "remarks made to a female journalist in an interview published by the Times this Saturday" That's the point, what kind of a person would say these things during an interview? No its not! You read it carefully. It has been very well written to confuse people that he said all this in interview. But after all these lewd sexist statement which sound like a pub talk or dinner table banter it says " later on in interview" tweaker 1
mishra Posted May 24, 2016 Posted May 24, 2016 11 hours ago, HippoSucks said: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1018659.html What a narcissist. It is very clear that cricket media is in motion because in his tweets, he exposed hypocrisy of few media grandad(Chappell) and darling cricketers (OBE Flintoff). What you want. He shuts up and take the lecture of morality by the guys who themselves haven't had any better in their playing days. How many images of Flintoff you see in media running naked in Delhi cricket ground but every note on Ganguly will have bare chest of Ganguly in Lords balcony. tweaker 1
HippoSucks Posted May 25, 2016 Author Posted May 25, 2016 On 5/23/2016 at 5:02 PM, mishra said: No its not! You read it carefully. It has been very well written to confuse people that he said all this in interview. But after all these lewd sexist statement which sound like a pub talk or dinner table banter it says " later on in interview" I think you are focusing on semantics. Many news sites have reported that Gayle made these comments in an interview in The Times magazine. beetle 1
HippoSucks Posted May 25, 2016 Author Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Troubles mount for Chris Gayle Quote MUMBAI: Chris Gayle's controversial remarks in an interview he gave to a female journalist in a British newspaper (The Times) recently has led to the Melbourne Renegades announcing that they will not offer him a fresh contract for next season's Big Bash League (BBL). Gayle also faces a possible censure from English county club Somerset, for whom he's slated to play soon. To add to his worries, the Jamaican's latest antics may just put him in serious trouble in the IPL too. Taking cognizance of the issue, IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla told TOI on Tuesday: "The players must behave. We expect the players to adhere to a certain kind of behaviour when the tournament is on. The players should maintain the sanctity of the league. These kind of statements are totally uncalled for in public domain. I will take up this issue with the president and the secretary of the BCCI." Shukla also said he would take up the matter with the Royal Challengers Bangalore management. Gayle has played for the RCB, who've qualified for the playoffs this time, in the IPL since 2011. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), though, is trying to distance itself away from the issue, and may only act if a complaint is lodged against the West Indian star. "At this point, we'll not look into it. We're focused on completing the IPL, which has reached its final stages. What has happened in this case is between two foreign individuals. It is a personal matter between people who aren't from India. At the same time, that doesn't mean that we'll ignore it. If a complaint is brought to us, we'll act on it. If it develops into something more, we'll look into it at an appropriate stage," Shirke said. The Jamaican had courted similar controversy earlier in the year during his infamous "don't blush baby" interview with Australian reporter Mel McLaughlin during last season's BBL. Gayle has made 142 runs in eight games at 17.75. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Troubles-mount-for-Chris-Gayle/articleshow/52428009.cms Edited May 25, 2016 by HippoSucks tweaker 1
HippoSucks Posted May 25, 2016 Author Posted May 25, 2016 20 hours ago, mishra said: It is very clear that cricket media is in motion because in his tweets, he exposed hypocrisy of few media grandad(Chappell) and darling cricketers (OBE Flintoff). What you want. He shuts up and take the lecture of morality by the guys who themselves haven't had any better in their playing days. How many images of Flintoff you see in media running naked in Delhi cricket ground but every note on Ganguly will have bare chest of Ganguly in Lords balcony. It doesn't matter what the other players did (although taking your shirt off is not as bad as making the comments that Gayle did). If his only defence is that the cricketers criticizing him are hypocritical, then that means he obviously made a mistake.
mishra Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 4 hours ago, HippoSucks said: It doesn't matter what the other players did (although taking your shirt off is not as bad as making the comments that Gayle did). If his only defence is that the cricketers criticizing him are hypocritical, then that means he obviously made a mistake. Everything, sounds more like Gayle flirting/hitting on that reporter. Its not a "view/opinion" . Its an "act". Now if this act was carried out because that reporter was under pressure that Gayle will walk out of interview or something similar, I will be against it. To me, Reporter seems to have made her mind in advance what story she wanted to write. Answer me one thing. What you think? Was she interviewing or was he interviewing? After all if i was to believe Gayle said "how many black men you slept with?" "Have you had three some?" while in the interview he has clearly tried to avoid embarrasment which occured in BBL. If it was in a interview, reporter had a option to walk out, unless offcourse Times bosses had put her through it or it was a honey trap in a informal environment. tweaker 1
beetle Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 He has not denied that it was an interview.His reaction is that he was just having some fun.
mishra Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 8 minutes ago, radhika said: He has not denied that it was an interview.His reaction is that he was just having some fun. Its very clear that he was hitting on her, but the direct language being used for example one answer "I haven't had any shag since i arrived (India)" clearly means that it was either banter, or she was responding/signalling something. tweaker 1
CoverDrive Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 On 5/23/2016 at 4:20 PM, radhika said: The guy is a first class creep.Extremely unprofessional. He has just become a father of a baby girl and this is how he behaves not even a month after her birth. this sort of behviour would be considered creepy and unprofessional in any workplace. beetle 1
beetle Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, CoverDrive said: this sort of behviour would be considered creepy and unprofessional in any workplace. True...just mentioned that part because what kind of integrity does he have for the woman who had his child.He was doing this when she was carrying and when she was giving birth to his child.What kind of a role model he would be for a daughter?
mishra Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 On 23/05/2016 at 8:26 PM, gattaca said: This conversation looks to be a but private. Looks like the reporter is using for her advantage. Who would he ask all these things about no of guys slept with in an interview. He also talks about equality and cooking food. http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/607028/Susanna-Reid-David-Beckham-Good-Morning-Britain-Kate-Garraway-Victoria-Beckham Quote He replied: "It's very hot. I'm surprised, you've got an amazing dress on and I'm in a t-shirt." Above conversation of David Beckham on camera sounds sleazy. Very sleazy Now with context it sound a joke. Quote At one point she even got so flustered that she began fanning herself and asked David: "It's blinking hot under these lights, isn't it?" He replied: "It's very hot. I'm surprised, you've got an amazing dress on and I'm in a t-shirt." Every news outlet is reporting what Gayle said. None is reporting sentence before and after
mishra Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) On 24/05/2016 at 9:20 AM, mishra said: It is very clear that cricket media is in motion because in his tweets, he exposed hypocrisy of few media grandad(Chappell) and darling cricketers (OBE Flintoff). What you want. He shuts up and take the lecture of morality by the guys who themselves haven't had any better in their playing days. How many images of Flintoff you see in media running naked in Delhi cricket ground but every note on Ganguly will have bare chest of Ganguly in Lords balcony. Dug a bit deep. In jan 2016 Chris Gayle decided to sue Fairfax Media house. He has already launched legal action against them over allegations he exposed himself indecently during the 2015 World Cup. Rest is history Edited May 25, 2016 by mishra
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