BBC accused of ‘masking up’ Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers’ ‘sexism’
Eamonn Holmes has defended Brendan Rodgers after the Celtic boss was blasted for ‘informal sexism’ for calling BBC reporter Jane Lewis a ‘good woman’ throughout a stormy post-match interview.
Rodgers, 51, was accused of being a ‘dinosaur’ by girls’s teams after the comment to Jane Lewis, 53, following Celtic’s win at Motherwell on Sunday.
The Celtic boss has thus far resisted calls to apologise to Lewis after their alternate was broadcast on the Sportsound radio programme. The BBC have additionally remained silent on the matter.
But speeding to Rodgers’ defence, Holmes insisted he was merely utilizing a typical Northern Irish flip of phrase.
‘He meant good woman,’ he informed GB News. ‘Brendan Rodgers is from Carnock in Northern Ireland. We say ”good woman” on a regular basis. We are admonished for it on a regular basis as a result of it isn’t modern.
‘I can truthfully inform you that Northern Irish individuals will say ”good woman, good boy, good lad”.’
Eamonn Holmes insisted on GB News that Brendan Rodgers was merely utilizing a typical Northern Irish flip of phrase
Rodgers was accused of ‘informal sexism’ after saying ‘good woman’ to BBC reporter Jane Lewis on the finish of a terse radio interview following his staff’s win at Motherwell
Lewis had requested Rodgers to elaborate on a cryptic remark made concerning the title race, just for the Celtic boss to chop quick the interview, telling her ‘good woman’ as he walked away
Experienced broadcaster Lewis pictured with Partick Thistle’s uncommon mascot Kingsley. She is alleged to be ‘unfazed’ by Celtic supervisor’s remark
Lewis has coated Scottish membership and worldwide soccer for a number of years, in addition to occasions such because the Olympics and the Commonwealth Game
A supply near Lewis has informed MailOn-line that the skilled broadcaster is ‘not fazed in any respect’ by the ‘good woman’ remark however was annoyed Rodgers selected to chop quick her interview regardless of an affordable line of questioning.
Lewis had requested Rodgers to clarify himself after he informed her that, when it comes to the Scottish Premiership title race, ‘the story has already been written about this group, however we’ll write our personal story’.
Lewis had requested Rodgers to clarify himself after he informed her that, when it comes to the Scottish Premiership title race, ‘the story has already been written about this group, however we’ll write our personal story’.
Lewis once more pressed Rodgers to clarify, however he appeared to wind up the interview and mentioned: ‘Done, good woman, nicely executed.’
However, a spokeswoman from the Scottish Feminist Network mentioned: ‘Jane Lewis was simply doing her job, making an attempt to extract an evidence from Brendan Rodgers on his cryptic remark.
‘That the go-to perspective was condescension is kind of illuminating, however actually very miserable in 2024. We thought dinosaurs had been extinct.’
Campaigners at For Women Scotland referred to as on Rodgers to apologise.
A spokeswoman mentioned: ‘It’s miserable that informal sexism continues to be embedded in sport. Women’s achievements are underrated and dismissed, and their skilled standing undermined. Rodgers owes the reporter an apology.’
Celtic acquired again to successful methods after battling again to beat Motherwell within the Premiership
Celtic supervisor Rodgers celebrated his aspect coming from behind to beat Motherwell
Meanwhile, former Hibs participant Tam McManus described Rodgers’ feedback as ‘totally embarrassing’ on X, previously generally known as Twitter.
Celtic selected to not remark after they had been contacted by Mail Sport on Sunday evening.
Legendary broadcaster Jeff Stelling was left aghast on the Celtic supervisor’s ‘good woman’ comment.
Speaking on talkSPORT, he mentioned: ‘Good woman, good woman? Goodness me, Brendan. What does he imply?’
Rangers beat Hearts 5-0 on Saturday to transfer 5 factors away from Celtic on the high however their late targets at Motherwell lower the hole again to 2 factors.
Experienced broadcaster Lewis, who has beforehand labored for Sky News, Sky Sports, Eurosport and STV’s Scotland Today programme, was focused by social media trolls after Sunday’s alternate.
Lewis has coated main sporting occasions such because the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the Commonwealth Games when staged in Glasgow and on Australia’s Gold Coast.
Legendary broadcaster Jeff Stelling questioned Rodgers’ remarks on his talkSPORT present
There was loads of backing for Lewis on social media following Rodgers’ remark
She reviews on European and World Cup qualifiers with the Scotland nationwide soccer staff in addition to masking Scottish home soccer and European video games involving its golf equipment.
She responded to at least one publish – since deleted – by saying: ‘This is simply NOT true!!!’
One Celtic account accused her of being a Motherwell fan who ‘went to items’ after Celtic received late on, whereas one other alleged Lewis had a ‘lengthy working agenda with Celtic.’
Many others on social media supported Lewis. One publish wrote: ‘It’s simply patronising saying ‘good woman’. Saying good man is completely totally different. If he mentioned ‘good boy’ after this interview, then it will be equally as patronising in my view.’
Another mentioned: ‘Get a grip. Treating a feminine commentator in that method is unacceptable. Nobody is asking for a factors deduction, however an apology is likely to be good. Perhaps much less sexist abuse too, which appears all that individuals like you might be able to.’
Lewis beforehand defended herself towards criticism from Celtic supporters. In December 2021, she was presenting Sportsound on BBC Radio Scotland when Celtic received within the 97th-minute away at Ross County.
It sparked a mass pitch invasion by Celtic followers, with these on social media of the opinion Lewis was upset on the essential late winner and the response.
Fans on social media mentioned Rodgers’ remedy of Lewis was ‘unacceptable’
Lewis tweeted on the time: ‘I’m barely baffled that some appear to get extra pleasure out of my ‘obvious damage’ than their staff successful a soccer match.
‘Just for the file, I’m not ‘rattled’, ‘hurting’, ‘bitter’ or ‘deflated’…’
