I'm not even sure which of the two it was. but he seemed to think that apologising to the referee and telling the world he had done so would make it all ok. and some other idiot was saying how it probably was, indeed, all a joke, and no offence was meant.
And this was pretty much unchallenged by the presenter. who asked something pathetic like could it indeed be a case of pc gone mad.
I think a few people (including some journalists) need to exchange the word "women" with the words "black" or "Asian" and then maybe they'd start to understand...
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hatwoman · 26/01/2011 18:43
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Ponders ·
26/01/2011 20:33
It was Keys. To be fair he did at least admit that what they said was wrong (Gray merely said he was sorry people were offended 
)
But "dark forces"???? Grow up, mate.
Even Kelvin McKenzie thinks they are toerags & you don't get much lower than that
Ponders ·
26/01/2011 20:49
It is (fairly) reliably reported today that studio staff loathe & despise these 2 with a passion (someone was once made to kneel down & clean chewing gum off Gray's shoe???) so maybe the conspiracy theorists re the leaking of clips being related to the NOTW phone tapping thing are wide of the mark too - it was just revenge 
Maisiethemorningsidecat ·
26/01/2011 21:06
Not sure if it's a conspiracy theory - but it what you've said is true then who the hell cares! 
Ponders ·
26/01/2011 21:23
\link{http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/26/andy-gray-richard-keys-sixist\this is interesting} - shame the women didn't feel they could be named though
some good comments below
BUT
scroll down \link{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350449/Richard-Keys-resigns-dark-forces-stitched-Andy-Gray-apologises.html\here} to the picture of Charlotte Jackson in bikini & stilettos - I have no idea when the picture dates from, ie whether before or after she became a Sky sports presenter, but hey, double standards, anybody? She is presented as a sex object here
Maisiethemorningsidecat ·
26/01/2011 21:49
That photo is from the Mail - do they ever not present young women as sex objects?
You watch, Andy will be working for them as a sports correspondent soon.
Ponders ·
26/01/2011 21:58
Andy Gray & Richard Keys haven't appeared in ads like that though (thank god)
Apparently she got the Sky sports job following a series of appearances as a glamour model; having got the job she stopped doing it.
"she was happy to use sexy photoshoots as a ?launch pad? for her television career.
Miss Jackson, a fanatical Liverpool fan despite being brought up in leafy Wickham, Hampshire, featured in a series of downmarket magazine titles.
The decision made sense. The more she posed in bikinis, the greater her popularity among football?s male fanbase.
?Friends have often ribbed me about being photographed wearing next to nothing for lads? magazines, but I am proud of my body,? she has said, defending the risqué shoots.
The boxing fan ? who also played tennis and lacrosse at county level ? saw her career stutter when Setanta collapsed in the UK in 2009, but she was hired by Sky Sports News later that year.
As her roles began to increase ? she hosted the prestigious 2009 FIFA World Player Of The Year Awards Ceremony in Switzerland ? she gave up modelling.
A source said: ?She decided she didn?t want to model any more. When Charlotte started modelling, it was very much there as a launch pad to becoming a major sports presenter.
?It was all about building this image as a ?sexy sports Âpresenter?. And when that was accomplished, and she?d got to Sky, there was no need to model any more.?"
Ponders ·
26/01/2011 22:08
exactly. she is obviously an intelligent, talented & sporty girl but apparently she couldn't get that job without taking her clothes off
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