Last week, Chris Gayle said a stupid thing on the telly.
His employers were unhappy. The public was unhappy. Everyone remembered that some people say deeply sexist things and still think it is funny.
There were some allegations that Chris Gayle had done inappropriate things before. No one seemed terribly surprised. Gayle made light of his punishment on Instagram. Again, no one seemed terribly surprised.
And the story probably would have gone away.
But then yesterday, Chris Gayle wore a stupid t-shirt.
A really stupid t-shirt.
He wore it again, this morning:
It seems he really likes that stupid t-shirt.
Now, Chris Gayle is a professional sportsman. He’s not short of a quid. He can buy any number of t-shirts. People probably give him free t-shirts. He probably doesn’t do his own laundry, so he probably has a lot of t-shirt options, every day.
So this week, he really didn’t need to wear a t-shirt that depicts the cover of an EP by Alex Maynard.
Which looks like this:
Making inappropriate comments to a journalist on air is not very smart.
Making fun of your apparent punishment from your employers is unwise.
But wearing a t-shirt that depicts a woman being grabbed by the hair while the hair-grabber is sticking his fingers up into her bathing-suit bits — the week after all that went on — is just stupid.
Yes, it’s just a t-shirt.
But it’s a t-shirt that says: “You know how you were thinking maybe this thing was blown out of proportion and maybe I was just a sports-player who didn’t realise he was being inappropriate, and maybe young men learned more from the swift response than they did from my stupid comments? Well, you were wrong. I really am that guy you thought I was, and I don’t care.”
[Well, actually, the t-shirt says, “Hard F*cker”. But that’s what it really means.]
Will someone please slip down to Lowes and buy a 3-pack of Bonds t-shirts?
You know, something to wear on the flight home.
Seriously. Even just a pack of Chesties. Something.
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This article was penned by an Australian of course. No one else around the world dislikes Gayle the way the Aussies do. He is his own man and what he does on his social media off the field seems to other people a lot. Because it bother them so much, he continues to have fun and irritate them more. If you don't know who Chris Gayle is, then fine, you're just not a cricket fan and doesn't mean he's not popular or irrelevant. If you named some Australian artiste or entertainer, I won't know them but it doesn't make them any less of a person. Chris is loved across the world and Aussies can't turn the world against him. They have to try harder.
I think Mr. Gayle is trying to express his feelings regarding EQUALITY.
Mr Gayle fully realises that females could not care less if they upset men. Mr. Gayle is also fully aware that females DEMAND to be treated EQUALLY.
Apparently, feminists think that a 14 y.o. girl going to high school dressed in her bum shorts with half her ass hanging out is appropriate attire for school.
Apparently, non feminist females all over the world thought that 50 shades of grey was a real turn on. Just like the picture on the album cover that Mr. Gayle is promoting.
Why would any female have a problem with a female who has gotten over her body image issues and is now feeling free to flash as much flesh as she dares in a photo on a T-Shirt?
Since A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle, how on Earth can any photo of any female do any damage to females as a whole or in part?
Do females think they are entitled to equal attention from men as with a stunningly gorgeous, rich, hot female compared to a fat frump? Why should a man settle for second best?