Boris Becker’s Catching Heat For Calling Tennis Player’s Fiancée ‘Pretty’ During Wimbledon Broadcastby Joe Kinsey
about 15 hours ago updated 23 minutes ago
Imagine living in a world where a tennis legend gets in trouble during a Wimbledon broadcast for calling a tennis player’s fiancée “very pretty.” WE’RE LIVING IN THAT WORLD! Boris Becker, working BBC’s Wimbledon coverage, caused an uproar for commenting on Márton Fucsovics’s future wife Anett Böszörményi.
“That’s Fuscovics’ fiancée,” Becker’s broadcast partner John Inverdale said as highlights Novak Djokovic’s straight-sets victory over Fucsovics were shown. “Her name is Anett Boszormenyi. If you’re a tennis player, always good to have a partner called Anett.”
According to The Daily Mail, Becker responded: “They do say they have the most beautiful women in Hungary. I wouldn’t know that, but she’s certainly very pretty.”
And that was it. Arrows started being launched at Becker. It was go-time for the British feminists who refuse to allow a man to call a woman “very pretty.” The first group to be offended was the Women in Sport and Perception Agency, whatever that is. ...
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