To want to slap Claire Balding around the face with wet lettuce??

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C4 is using commentators and spokes-people with disabilities that reflect some of the disabilities incurred by the participants.

In some cases, they are considerably better than the mainstream sports presenters.

Ade Adepitan for example has been a brilliant commentator this evening. Informed, knows his subject inside out, has a good grasp of human biology but he's witty, funny, personable, watchable etc

Unlike Claire Balding who should be taken out and shot for getting overly excited by Sophie Christiansen (equestrian gold), who has a fairly obvious form of cerebral palsy and announcing "she's not just just {obvious gap of words} she's got a masters in mathematics, she's intelligent too".

I didn't mean to say I would shoot you OP - I take that back because it makes me sound like a weirdo.

I think wanting to shoot someone for commentary on the paralympics, which has many competitors who are disabled due to being blown up and/or shot at is particularly poor taste.

I didn't take it in that sense at all, OP. She was saying that not only was the competitor gifted in equestrianism but was extremely intelligent, in an admiring sense, just as she would have done of any other athlete, disabled or not.

You are talking tosh, op.

If they can't talk about Paralympians in the same way they talk about Olympians there is somerhing wrong. They often commented about Olympians other achievements. Why should they not do the same with Paralympians?

Has she really got a history of foot in mouth?

Apart from commenting about that Irish jockey's teeth (which were terrible tombstones in his mouth) I can't think of any other howlers.

YABU

HTH

YABU - people can on occasion mis-speak and to be honest, Ms Balding's coverage of the Olympics and Paralympics otherwise has been admirable. Now, Gary Linekar, I'd cheerfully form a shooting squad for... Can you imagine if that numpty was presenting/commentating for the paralympics?

Oh Clare is lovely on twitter and not because she just replied to me once

I heard her comment and thought she was simply saying that Sophie was clever as well as being a great athlete, which surely cannot possibly be wrong, especially when said in such an enthusiastic and clearly complimentary way.

I think C4 have chosen a good mix of people with different levels of knowledge and broadcasting experience and believe Claire Balding is doing an amazing job.

Oh for heavens sake whatyoulookingat

Think you might be u about the comment but yanbu about Clare as a whole - don't get the whole CB adoration on here recently...

I really can't get fussed about her one way or another

She seems ok though and gets the job done.

I luff her too. Anyone remember when she insulted the grand national winning jockeys teeth by accident?

Clare spoke to me on the MN webchat after I commended her on her reaction to AA 'overbite' Gill's crass comments.

heavens sake why?

Oooos sorry Xposted

Your reply to getorfs light hearted comment is completely OTT. IMVHO

oh ok ...I take it on board I'm BU!

can I just slap her with a wet lettuce instead? I thought she was dreadfully patronising. I've neve seen her get exited about anything that doesnt have a leg on each corner, eat hay and shit a lot before

She might be the least offensive person on the planet

I think you're overthinking it OP

WhatYouLookingAt people use that expression all the time

It's not like the OP said she wants to amputate her limbs or something...that really would have been in poor taste.

I doubt she even thought about the connection between people being shot and people being blown up (not that there is a particular connection)

I see that the OP started the shooting thing though so apologies

I've reported this thread too. I think you've misunderstood what she said OP - but regardless of that, saying she should be shot is really unpleasant.

You are wrong. She wasn't being patronising.

Were they being patronising about Tom daleys a levels and father dying?

Did you WATCH The Olympics? She got excited about everything! She's a wee doll.

YABVVU, leave Clare alone!