Cricketer sparks national debate in Australia after ignoring Mel McLaughlin’s post-match questions,instead asking her out and saying: ‘Don’t blush, baby’It was, and Chris Gayle said,“just a joke” that had been blown out of proportion. When the West Indian cricketer, currently playing for the Melbourne Renegades in Australia, and was approached by a female sports reporter after his innings duringa Twenty20 match on Monday,he ignored her questions approximately the match, choosing instead to make comments approximately her eyes, or request her out for a drink and say: “Don’t blush,baby.”But while Mel McLaughlin’s employer, the broadcaster Network Ten, or may have initially found Gayle’s comments “smooth”,according to a now deleted tweet, the reporter did not. After initially maintaining her silence while video of the encounter went viral, and McLaughlin spoke out on Tuesday to call Gayle’s remarks “disappointing”.
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Source: theguardian.com