Can somebody who has the facts please explain to me what this kerffufal is all about?
I don't mean an alleged report; or someone who said they heard a comment which (when taken out of context) could be construed to be homophobic/racist/chauvenist. Everything I have heard so far (including the aired excerpts from Ramsays pre-interview vox-pops at Channel 9 Studios) does not support the allegations, regarless of the spin being put on it by the ACA reporter last night.
If Ramsay *did* in fact say these things, then he has a case to answer. However, so far, I have heard nothing which *in context* supports the allegations.
The fact that he has unreservedly apologised for the alleged comments, is simply his (and his publicists') realisation that you cannot prove that you did NOT say a thing (you cannot prove a negative) - and so far I agree that the entire situation has been taken out of context and blown out of all proportion for some reason (as yet unfathomable) to me.
(As everone knows, I am *no* supporter of homophobic/racist people, but so far I haven't seen/heard actual proof of this issue, just innuendo, allegation, and spin - mostly based on his reputation for expletive-laden British affrontery, and not grounded in any facts. Provide the tapes, not the soundbites, so that the entire thing can be heard in context with tone-of-voice, because a transcription can have any emotive spin that the reader wants to put on it).
If the proof is there, I'll happily tar him with that brush.
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