Aren’t boxers meant to be good on the defensive? A question about a thing she has said during an interview that wasn’t even about boxing but actually about being a brand ambassador for a campaign about communities. Maybe you want communities based around racism but it’s a fair question to ask given the context. Honestly, it’s a fair question to ask even if it was about boxing. If she’s been hailed as a hero (your word) then she needs to expect that someone is going to take her to task for racism.A 'pass' on what exactly?
Being ambushed on national radio over a fecking deleted tweet about something very upsetting, which she clearly had no interest in talking about again?
Just give the girl a heads up.
I'd say anyone deserves that courtesy. Footballer or anyone.
I'm not defending her as much as her right - all of our right - to have a fair go.
I mentioned Kellie's background to paint a fuller picture of her, for someone who never heard of her before.
And to show the kind of rich life that so many on Twitter want cast aside - successfully it looks like rn.
Under suspicion of having had thoughts they don't agree with.
Everyone's up for showing kindness and empathy until it costs them a scintilla of anything.
And demand it in abundance for things they care about.
I still don’t get why the fact that it’s deleted matters a damn though. It didn’t undo the statement or the intention. If she used her time on OTB to apologise or to say mea culpa or whatever, then deleting it might mean something. Just bulldozing through the rest of the interview saying that she didn’t want to talk about it just makes it look far worse. I didn’t see someone being ambushed, I saw someone weaselling out of taking responsibility for what they’ve said.