LAST NIGHT, LAURA Trott added to Britain’s medal tally and became the team’s most successful female Olympian of all time.
Her fiance, Jason Kenny, won his sixth gold medal, and there were celebrations all round.
Trott watched on as her fiance matched Sir Chris Hoy’s six medals, and went straight in for a hug.
BBC commentator Chris Boardman came under fire for his commentary on the scene. He said:
She’s doing all the emotion for him, he’s looking at her wondering what’s for tea.
A former Olympic gold medalist in cycling himself, Boardman quickly took to Twitter to clarify his remarks.
But people weren’t having it
His wife came to his defense,
BBC reporter Clare Balding also seemed to shrug off the comments, posing for a selfie with Boardman with the hashtag #whatsfortea
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Written by Nicola Byrne and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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More faux-pas outrage, nothing more than PC nonsense. A harmless comment.
Absolutely agree. If any of these commenter had actually been watching the broadcast it was said in the context of Jason Kenny being a down to earth guy who didn’t show much emotion. What I got from the comment taken in context was that Kenny would be more interested in what was for tea than getting worked up about his win. There was no implication that he was asking Laura to make him his tea. But the ‘I’m offended’ brigade go out looking to be offended.
Jesus people get annoyed at the slightest remark these days
She’s doing all the emotion for him, he’s looking at her wondering what’s for tea. lol roflol lol!!!