“I don’t want to offend his upbringing or his parents, but he looks gay.
“We understand that although none of the comments were malicious, they were stupid and the fact he did it again last night … we are concerned he may need further counselling.”Įarlier this year Brian Taylor made similarly disparaging remarks about his 3AW colleague Seb Costello, mocking his dress style as “gay”. “Given that he made similar stupid comments not that long ago, I felt it was appropriate to ask him to miss today’s broadcast,” he said. “Our club respects diversity in our game and in our society and I know all of our players are very big on that and I don’t think those things should be said in our game but also in society.”ģAW general manager Shane Healy apologising to listeners for the commentator’s remark. “He’s apologised now and we accept the apology, and I certainly accept the apology,” Harry Taylor said. “I made a blue, I apologised accordingly at the first opportunity to the Seven viewers where I made the blue.”ĪFL player Harry Taylor said while he wasn’t personally offended by the slur he felt there was no place for such offensive words in the AFL. “My apology of (Saturday) night absolutely stands unequivocally,” he added. “I’ve spoken to (3AW) management and they have chosen to give me a day off to collect my thoughts, so I’ll take the opportunity to have a day off,” Taylor told 3AW Football. Fairfax Media reports, Taylor was due to call the Essendon-Collingwood game on Sunday but was removed from his duties for the afternoon after he referred to Geelong player Harry Taylor as “a big poofter” on Channel Seven.