Ferdinand In ‘Faggot’ Row
Following Paul Scholes’ venture into alleged homophobia last week, Rio Ferdinand didn’t want to miss out on football’s latest trend and nailed his colours firmly to the mast on national radio.
The random drug test dodger sparked a row when her branded Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles a ‘faggot’ during some banter between the pair on the breakfast show.
Referring to two United players by their nicknames, Moyles asked: ”If you had to, who would you rather go out with - Smudger or Scholesy?”
Ferdinand replied: “That is not my bag that, that is not my game, talking about going out with geezers.”
Moyles jokingly suggested he would always prefer ex Leeds United striker Smith over ginger Scholes, Ferdinand declared: “You’re a faggot.”
As the production team in the studio expressed shock and disbelief, England international Ferdinand quickly backtracked and with: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’m not homophobic”.
Not much. As long as those ‘dirty queers’ don’t come anywhere near you eh, Mr Ferdinand?
October 6th, 2006 at 9:37 am
Aled didn’t seem to get all upset, nor Comedy Dave, who’s usually pretty reasonable, as are Kerry and the rest of ‘em.. I think it was just some fooling around, as Rio seems a good-hearted fella. Don’t sweat it.
October 7th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
What a pathetic article. I was listening to that interview and anyone who gets offended that easily needs to seriously grow up.