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WARMINGTON: Ron MacLean sorry but insists he was misunderstood
Author of the article: Joe Warmington
Publishing date: May 26, 2021
Even though he wasn’t drinking, Ron MacLean used rum to explain a misunderstanding that had some calling for his job.
While he apologized for comments on Hockey Night in Canada, the legendary host says they were not homophobic.
Saying he can see why people misconstrued his words, MacLean said he was referring to a photograph of a party and not referencing sexuality.
During the second intermission in Game 4 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens series, MacLean said to panellist and former NHL player Kevin Bieksa, “you have a photo of a guy with his tarp off, you’re definitely positive for something.”
The immediate reaction on social media called for MacLean to apologize or even be dismissed. Former ESPN and CNN broadcaster Keith Olbermann told his 1 million Twitter followers “a homophobic joke” is “indefensible.”
MacLean tweeted “earlier in the show, we had a fun moment featuring a photograph featuring our colleague Anthony Stewart enjoying a rum party.” The photo was behind Bieksa who participated in the broadcast from his home.
This was not the first time a picture of a player without clothes was seen in this segment. Another former player in the raw was also noticed on this same shelf in February.
But in this instance, MacLean wrote “in the second intermission, Kevin quipped that he was the most positive person on the panel” to which he “directed viewers to that photo using ‘tarp off’ (shirtless) to specify the picture with the rum bottle and quipped ‘you’ll be testing positive for something.’ I meant the rum.”
David Palumbo, of the You Can Play Project — a group that works to ensure the safety and inclusion of all who participate in sports, including LGBTQ athletes — told the Toronto Sun he accepted the apology, noting that MacLean has been “staunch ally” of theLGBTQ community.
On May 17, MacLean tweeted a picture with a rainbow hockey stick to celebrate “the International Day against Homophobia, Tremophobia and Biphobia” and commented “today, like every day, I stand with the LGBTQ2S+ community, and pledge to keep learning and advocating. I see you.”
He wrote Wednesday that he “reached out” to “guiding lights in the equity-seeking arena” to “tend to the hearts of us all.”
In this time of cancel culture, many careers have been ended after perceived insensitive remarks, including former Coach’s Corner icon Don Cherry and former NBC analyst Jeremy Roenick.
But Palumbo said this is “not on the same level” and “falls into the move-on category.”
Perhaps cutting people a break for a dumb remark or tweet is the new normal that could come out of this. Either that or bring back Grapes, too!
The “tarps off” terminology came up in a 2020 in an NHL.com video in which players T.J Oshie and Anthony Duclair talk about slang used to describe going “shirtless.”
MacLean had a celebrated shirtless appearance playing air guitar a decade ago in a Vancouver bar. He said on the Steve Dangle Podcast two years ago that was “my party trick” and “good fun” and something he did not regret “one bit.”
He did apologize after Cherry, as a host of Coach’s Corner, embarked on a “you people” poppy rant that got him fired in 2019.
“Don Cherry made remarks that were hurtful and discriminatory which were flat out wrong” and “I owe you an apology, too, (since) I sat there, did not catch it and did not respond,” MacLean said at the time.
It’s unclear if MacLean will apologize on the next broadcast.MacLean tweeted “if you only heard the last line in isolation I completely understand how that misunderstanding occurred. I am deeply sorry.”
However, it all started with the rum, he said.
https://www.ottawasun.com/news/loca...tood/wcm/93c2acfe-387a-4cc4-989e-825d601d5cbf
A: Because X-Fag is a hermaphrodite.
WARMINGTON: Ron MacLean sorry but insists he was misunderstood
Author of the article: Joe Warmington
Publishing date: May 26, 2021
Even though he wasn’t drinking, Ron MacLean used rum to explain a misunderstanding that had some calling for his job.
While he apologized for comments on Hockey Night in Canada, the legendary host says they were not homophobic.
Saying he can see why people misconstrued his words, MacLean said he was referring to a photograph of a party and not referencing sexuality.
During the second intermission in Game 4 of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens series, MacLean said to panellist and former NHL player Kevin Bieksa, “you have a photo of a guy with his tarp off, you’re definitely positive for something.”
The immediate reaction on social media called for MacLean to apologize or even be dismissed. Former ESPN and CNN broadcaster Keith Olbermann told his 1 million Twitter followers “a homophobic joke” is “indefensible.”
MacLean tweeted “earlier in the show, we had a fun moment featuring a photograph featuring our colleague Anthony Stewart enjoying a rum party.” The photo was behind Bieksa who participated in the broadcast from his home.
This was not the first time a picture of a player without clothes was seen in this segment. Another former player in the raw was also noticed on this same shelf in February.
But in this instance, MacLean wrote “in the second intermission, Kevin quipped that he was the most positive person on the panel” to which he “directed viewers to that photo using ‘tarp off’ (shirtless) to specify the picture with the rum bottle and quipped ‘you’ll be testing positive for something.’ I meant the rum.”
David Palumbo, of the You Can Play Project — a group that works to ensure the safety and inclusion of all who participate in sports, including LGBTQ athletes — told the Toronto Sun he accepted the apology, noting that MacLean has been “staunch ally” of theLGBTQ community.
On May 17, MacLean tweeted a picture with a rainbow hockey stick to celebrate “the International Day against Homophobia, Tremophobia and Biphobia” and commented “today, like every day, I stand with the LGBTQ2S+ community, and pledge to keep learning and advocating. I see you.”
He wrote Wednesday that he “reached out” to “guiding lights in the equity-seeking arena” to “tend to the hearts of us all.”
In this time of cancel culture, many careers have been ended after perceived insensitive remarks, including former Coach’s Corner icon Don Cherry and former NBC analyst Jeremy Roenick.
But Palumbo said this is “not on the same level” and “falls into the move-on category.”
Perhaps cutting people a break for a dumb remark or tweet is the new normal that could come out of this. Either that or bring back Grapes, too!
The “tarps off” terminology came up in a 2020 in an NHL.com video in which players T.J Oshie and Anthony Duclair talk about slang used to describe going “shirtless.”
MacLean had a celebrated shirtless appearance playing air guitar a decade ago in a Vancouver bar. He said on the Steve Dangle Podcast two years ago that was “my party trick” and “good fun” and something he did not regret “one bit.”
He did apologize after Cherry, as a host of Coach’s Corner, embarked on a “you people” poppy rant that got him fired in 2019.
“Don Cherry made remarks that were hurtful and discriminatory which were flat out wrong” and “I owe you an apology, too, (since) I sat there, did not catch it and did not respond,” MacLean said at the time.
It’s unclear if MacLean will apologize on the next broadcast.MacLean tweeted “if you only heard the last line in isolation I completely understand how that misunderstanding occurred. I am deeply sorry.”
However, it all started with the rum, he said.
https://www.ottawasun.com/news/loca...tood/wcm/93c2acfe-387a-4cc4-989e-825d601d5cbf
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