Well if we weren’t sure before, it’s now abundantly clear that Chris Gayle doesn’t think he did anything wrong.
Earlier this month Gayle caused controversy when he asked Channel 10 reporter Mel McLaughlin to have a drink with him during an interview.
“Don’t blush baby,” he famously told her as she tried to steer the conversation back to cricket.
Now Gayle’s Big Bash season has wrapped, and he may not return to the league with officials considering a ban.
After playing a blistering final game on Monday night, he fired a parting shot on his Instagram account.
It’s pretty clear that he didn’t really mean it when he said he was sorry.
“The real ppl who stand by Gayle worldwide through the so call BS against me in the media, Thank You! To the MEDIA, Thank You all so! The Haters, I Thank you even more,” he wrote in the lenghty post.
Gayle also said that he had been receiving private support from Australian cricketers, who had not publicly backed him.
“I think a lot of past and present cricketers who smile in front my face could’ve have there say In the public when my so call issue was going on, but y’all don’t have the BALLs to stand firm when it matters – but yet when u see me you’re like, Chris that’s BS against you, it was blown out of proportion ???? smh…don’t tell me, tell the media and public!”
So there you have it.
Gayle is not actually sorry, and apparently there are some Australian sportsmen who think he has nothing to be sorry for.
Watch the exchange that caused all the controversy:
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Please - it is abundantly clear the dude was having a joke with her. Have we become so pathetic that his unwanted advances (inappropriate at worst) are enough to ruin his career and have this level of righteous anger? There is just as much evidence of her being (worse) to a man with no shirt on during an interview. Whoever has never been inappropriate can respond to this otherwise it's all hypocritical diatribe.
Gosh that was painful to read. It sounds like the ramblings of a a teenager instead of a grown man.
This guy does not know when to stop and keeps digging a deeper hole for himself. He acted in a slightly inappropriate manner by asking Mel out and instead of stopping there he has the nerve to say "don't blush baby". What a total creep - Mel doesn't want to go out with him and can deal with it so he tries to humiliate and belittle her? Hope he learns not to treat woman like this in the future.