Ex-Liverpool boss Rodgers branded 'dinosaur' for condescending 'good girl' put down to female reporter
Former Liverpool top pooches Brendan Rodgers owns been unfaltering a “dinosaur” for speaking to a female press correspondent a “sweet lady” during an interview after Celtic overcome Motherwell on Sunday.
Rodgers is under discomfort after 2 draws in their last four Scottish Premiership matches allowed Rangers to swipe penalty of the title race.
Motherwell deservedly pioneered at half-time doning Blair Spittal’s tremendous ambition yet substitute Adam Idah conveniently spearheaded Celtic level after the reprieve.
Celtic urged Motherwell previously in the last quarter of the video game and also the discomfort told four minutes into stoppage time when Idah stabbed abode Alistair Johnston’s pass.
Luis Palma conveniently added another to seal a 3-1 triumph which incision the pothole at the top of the table previously to 2 junctures.
Rangers possessed relocated five in front with a 5-0 win over Hearts on Saturday and also Celtic encountered a burly crisis at half-time after going down four junctures in their previous 3 league matches.
The previous Liverpool supervisor was spiky in his write-upwards-match interview with BBC Radio Scotland’s Jane Lewis as he appeared unhappy at the media insurance coverage of his side, referring to the female press correspondent as a “sweet lady” at the expire of the interview.
Complete records:
Rodgers: “There’s a story being written around this group, so we will write our truly own story.”
Lewis: “Can you impart us-”
Rodgers: “Zero.”
Lewis: “You can’t impart us-”
Rodgers: “Zero.”
Lewis: “You put on’t want to impart us a miniscule particle a number more insight into that and also what you unexceptional?”
Rodgers: “Zero, zero. You recognize specially what I unexceptional.”
Lewis: “I’m literally obscure I implement specially recognize what you unexceptional.”
Rodgers: “Fine.”
Lewis: “Can you tell us-”
Rodgers: “Zero.”
Lewis: “Humans might be zest to recognize-”
Rodgers: “Zero, zero.”
Lewis: “Yet you’re the one that’s bringing that upwards…”
Rodgers: “Indeed, altogether.”
Lewis: “So can you not impart us some a number more on it?”
Rodgers: “Fine, carried out. Superb lady. Faultlessly carried out. Cheers. Superb lady.”
Lewis: “There you go, he’s carried out.”
“… sweet lady.”
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A spokesman for the Scottish Feminist Network commented: “Jane Lewis was merely executing her openings, attempting to extract an explanation from Brendan Rodgers on his cryptic statement.
“That the go-to mentality was condescension is quite brightening, yet actually truly dispiriting in 2024. We believed dinosaurs were vanished.”
And also campaigners at For Women Scotland added that Celtic top pooches Rodgers ought to apologise to Lewis: “It’s dispiriting that nonchalant sexism is still embedded in sport. Women’s productivity are underrated and also uncrowned, and also their virtuosi status sabotaged. Rodgers owes the press correspondent an apology.”
