BBC had to apologize after a Saturday sports journalists stars of British radio held sexist against the French tennis player Marion Bartoli, who won Wimbledon, stating inter alia that it was not “gun” .
“We recognize that the remark was derogatory and we apologize” reported spokesman for the BBC.
“Do you think the father Bartoli told her when she was little + You’ll never be a gun, you’ll never be a Sharapova, so you should hang on and fight +? “, John Inverdale asked his audience during a radio show Saturday, after the success of the French in the Wimbledon final against Germany’s Sabine Lisicki.
This action earned him a barrage of criticism on the social networking site Twitter under the hashtag # everydaysexism (sexism every day).
Bartoli, aged 28, has downplayed the incident. “It’s not important. Yeah, I’m not blonde. This is a fact. Did I dreamed of becoming a model No, sorry. But is what I dreamed of win Wimbledon Yes. Absolutely “, she responded.
John Inverdale said he had said that the tone of the joke, adding that he was a big fan of the player who won the London grass his first Grand Slam tournament.
“It is a model for people who have not seen the day with all the attributes of athletes babies “ he said
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