Daley Thompson and his racist slur

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The double Olympic champion, who has been tipped to light the Olympic torch during the opending ceremony on Friday, was criticised by viewers of The One Show.

BBC bosses were forced to apologise after a string of complaints.

Thompson made the gaffe during last Thursday's show when he was shown a photo of a torch bearer with 'Oylmpic torch bearer' tattooed on her arm.

The Decathlon gold-medalist quipped that the tattooer must have been Irish.

He was quickly corrected by presenter Matt Baker that the tattoo had been done in the USA and the presenter apologised to viewers straight away and then again at the end of the show.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9418536/London-2012-Daley-Thompson-accused-of-racism-after-Irish-gag-on-One-Show.html

A slur that's all too common in the UK from my experience. Disappointing that it's trotted out so easily and I hope he regrets the idiocy of the remark.

chin_grin

Ah sure the Oirish, we can't splel!

alphabeat

so daly hates the micks eh ?

FatherLen

his mustache must have been italian....

Diapason

Anyone else singing Iron Maiden in their heads?

phil1nj

Maybe he was just advertising this place:

http://www.city-data.com/ny-restaurants/OYLIMPIC-DINER.html

kfallon

I'm not overly bothered tbh, let them think we're stupid just makes them feel even worse when we get one over on them!

suicide_circus

Don't mind him, stupid nagger.

chin_grin

FatherLen wrote: »

his mustache must have been italian....

He kind of reminds me of Hightower from Police Academy....Anyone else? No?

stovelid

Diapason wrote: »

Anyone else singing Iron Maiden in their heads?

De-na-de-na-de-na-de-ne-DUH-DUH

mikemac1

That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR0e4q1EYM

biko

meh

who_me

I don't know... "Oylmpic" does kind of sound like the "Oirish" pronunciation! Wouldn't get too worked up about it, personally.

stovelid

chin_grin wrote: »

He kind of reminds me of Hightower from Police Academy....Anyone else? No?

Or Richard Pryor.

Seedy Arling

mikemac1 wrote: »

That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

Ahhh yes, many the time i waggled my joy stick to Daley Thompson.

seamus

I always find it odd when members of minorities - particularly those who have been in the public light and had to break down racist barriers to get there - go on and make remarks like this.

Vijay Singh did something similar about ten years ago when he made a remark that a female player in a pro tournament, "doesn't belong out here" and she was displacing a male competitor. Which is no doubt a remark that was made about Vijay on more than one occasion.

danniemcq

rabble rabble rabble...

actually i just checked and the amounts of f*cks i give is 0

Plazaman

I thought he was dead. There ya go, you learn something new everyday.

I'd say he must be publishing a book or something shortly and just wanted to get a bit of publicity any which way.

chin_grin

who_me wrote: »

I don't know... "Oylmpic" does kind of sound like the "Oirish" pronunciation! Wouldn't get too worked up about it, personally.

If that's the case wouldn't it be "O'Lympic"?

<gets coat>

charlemont

Ha That's actually hilarious.

buck65

Remember his T shirt about Carl Lewis?
saw it yesterday in the paper
"Is the worlds 2nd greatest athlete Gay?"

WTF??

I_smell_fear

stovelid wrote: »

Or Richard Pryor.

They all look the same

Cienciano

Anyone who watches The One Show deserves to be offended

phil1nj

mikemac1 wrote: »

That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR0e4q1EYM

I had this for the Spectrum 128K (the poor cousin of the Commodre 64) when I was a teenager. Nearly wore a hole in my right hand (and not in a good way) trying to complete all of the events. Them Atari standard joysticks must have had adamantium shafts too. It took some abuse over the years.

Lumbo

Anyone else notice the spelling mistakes/typo's in the Telegraph's report?

Must be an Oirish journo :pac:

stovelid

I_smell_fear wrote: »

They all look the same

Needs joke about them all being great runners but I don't have the guts.

mikemac1

He had getting away from the cops speed :cool:

M cebee

bit irish alright
cnut

danniemcq

what?

One blogger wrote on a message board: "Anyone watch him on the One Show cracking anti-Irish jokes. Charming man. Always thought he was a bit of a k***, now confirmed.

what the hell is k***

Samich

Yeah because it's not like we ever slag the British or anything.

I have no problem with it, thought us irish were all about having the craic?

davet82

danniemcq wrote: »

what?



what the hell is k***

kock - obviously irish too :rolleyes:

chin_grin

danniemcq wrote: »

what?



what the hell is k***

The other kind of c*nt I assume?

M cebee

he can fuk off bak to england if he got a problem

Duggy747

Share an lik dis racist storie if it mak u cry XxX

Samich

M cebee wrote: »

he can fuk off bak to england if he got a problem

He wasn't in Ireland

juan.kerr

mikemac1 wrote: »

That man keep people in jobs and off the dole queues manufacturing joysticks

Anyone else have his games on the Commodore 64

Those games would destroy a joystick quicker then your parents could buy you a new one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AR0e4q1EYM

Had it on the Spectum 48K I think. Not as good as Amiga game 'The Acquatic Games' with James Pond / Robocod.

M cebee

Samich wrote: »

He wasn't in Ireland

I meant jamaica

--Kaiser--

charlemont wrote: »

Ha That's actually hilarious.

That's what I thought

Chauncey

danniemcq wrote: »

what?

what the hell is k***

Knob.

Morlar

I thought he was great as the captain of prometheus so this is a bit of a letdown.

chin_grin

M cebee wrote: »

I meant jamaica

Ah yes, "Thompson" a typical Jamaican surname.

davet82

M cebee wrote: »

I meant jamaica

he was born in London to Nigerian and Scotish parents seems abit unfair to send him to Jamaica

Yakult

I'm so offended.



Theirs no sausage rolls in my local deli today, wtf can I do now!

IrishAm

I am shocked/horrified/disgusted/delete were appropriate.

Latchy

Considering his race have been in the forefront of racist abuse for century's you would think this clown would no better than to try and score points with such a cheap jibe .

Lumbo

chin_grin wrote: »

Ah yes, "Thompson" a typical Jamaican surname.

Tis actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Thompson_(footballer)

westendgirlie

Plazaman wrote: »

I thought he was dead. There ya go, you learn something new everyday.

I'd say he must be publishing a book or something shortly and just wanted to get a bit of publicity any which way.

He's in the new Daz ad with Barry from Eastenders

mauzo

Who cares? He made a joke....laugh it off. Whoever complained is uptight.

Ive never even heard of this guy, so when I read racist slur, I assumed he called someone the N word or something. Then opened the link...

raindog.promo

davet82 wrote: »

he was born in London to Nigerian and Scotish parents seems abit unfair to send him to Jamaica

I'm Irish and I think all irish people are illiterate dingbats.

Now, was I hearing something about a trip to Jamaica......?

Diapason

syndeyfife wrote: »

Ive never even heard of this guy

File this in the "when did you know you were old" thread.

westendgirlie

What a twat..... getting your tattoo spelling wrong!