Gay Commentators on BBC Olympics

[Napper]

Balding good presenter . Shame she is not pretty .

 

[Tricky Dicky]

doesnt bother me as long as it isnt forced down my throat( excuse the pun ) , dont see the problem with it , but i have to admit i do find the " is he/she or isnt he/she" fascinating !

I tend to agree, but don't know why it should be.

 

[Triggaaar]

I think I have pretty good gaydar, that said, and I would put a hefty sum on all of them being gay

Been turned down a lot Edna?

 

[MJsGhost]

Thorpe is as camp as a row of tents.

Ian Thorpe lived with a young South American fella for a while and whilst he claims not to be gay is as camp as a row of tents.

As camp as a row of pink tents is the phrase, Shirley?

It's no fact about Foster & Jackson, but the story has been around for years. Neither is married, not that that means anything. Same with Thorpe: lives with a bloke and was pictured having a jolly old time on holiday with him a while ago, but has always stated- as seems entirely fair- that his sexuality is his own business.

I think I have pretty good gaydar, that said, and I would put a hefty sum on all of them being gay, along with at least one member of the British diving team (never mind the already-out Australian diver).

And Claire Balding is openly in a civil partnership with her lady. I think she's great as a sports presenter, and she is clearly in the job because she knows her stuff and is a good presenter. As opposed to other females in the same business who only get the jobs because they're either pretty, or their dads played football at a high level (the entire SkySports female contingent) or both. If you're a bloke, you can be ugly as sin and stick in a presenting job for years (Chiles, Rosenthal, and away from sport, the likes of Eamonn Holmes and Bruce Forsyth), whereas females only tend to get jobs if they're deemed to be attractive and young enough, and are binned as soon as they're deemed too old or unattractive. So all power to Claire.

Hard to disagree with any of this, though my gaydar (also usually pretty reliable) hadn't picked up on Mark Foster - I hadn't heard any of the "relationship with Colin Jackson" rumours either.

How anyone could fail to pick up on Ian Thorpe's campness is beyond me! Though this does not, of course, guarantee that he's gay.

Claire Balding has been the pick of the presenters for me too - she clearly does her research, seems to be genuinely amusing at times and actually seems to click with whoever she's interviewing, rather than parroting out a load of inane questions... I couldn't give a hoot that she's Lesbanian or less blessed in the looks department - give me her over Adrian Chiles, Colin (FFS) Murray, Matt Smith etc ANYDAY.

 

[MJsGhost]

On a side note....... the women's hockey team

Hockey girls were absolute go-ers back in my uni days. They did get friendly with each other too, but that never stopped them with the lads!

 

[Triggaaar]

Balding good presenter.

Is Balding an adverb now?

 

[KZNSeagull]

I think the real issue here is why the OP did not be a real man and offer to fetch the dinner or, even better, cook his misses dinner, irrespective of the outcome of the bet?

 

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Hockey girls were absolute go-ers back in my uni days. They did get friendly with each other too, but that never stopped them with the lads!

love the womens hockey kit as well !!

 

[NickBHAFC18]

Thorpe is definitely gay.

 

[Brighton Gull]

I hear Gary Lineker & Bradley Wiggins are straight.

 

[lost in london]

pompodoms

I'm calling them that from now on, much better.

And who gives two shits whether they're gay or straight. Thorpe, Balding and Foster are among the most inciteful commentators / pundits on TV and put the inane, cliched and predictable football pundits to shame.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Is Thorpe raelly that camp?

He's just well dressed and softly spoken, he's not camp in an annoying outrageous way like alan carr or graham norton.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Yep, it never fails to amaze me how much Gary Lineker gets paid by the BBC for being an extremely mediocre presenter. His only saving grace is that he's fractionally less wooden than when he first started out, but he still lacks any kind of natural flair or instinct for the job and is painfully scripted at all times.

Even his matey 19th hole "banter" with golf chums Hansen & Lawro is cringeworthy. But somehow he's one of the BBC's highest paid stars. They do have a bad habit of ranking their presenters by their previous sporting status rather than their actual current ability. Roll on Michael Johnson with the athletics for some decent insight at last.

 

[fly high]

Roll on Michael Johnson with the athletics for some decent insight at last.

Hope Michael Johnson & Clare Balding are the main presenters for the athletics, would be excellent together. Also hope BBC have completely given up on Sally Gunnell doing track side interviews, truly awful.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Yep, it never fails to amaze me how much Gary Lineker gets paid by the BBC for being an extremely mediocre presenter. His only saving grace is that he's fractionally less wooden than when he first started out, but he still lacks any kind of natural flair or instinct for the job and is painfully scripted at all times.

Even his matey 19th hole "banter" with golf chums Hansen & Lawro is cringeworthy. But somehow he's one of the BBC's highest paid stars. They do have a bad habit of ranking their presenters by their previous sporting status rather than their actual current ability. Roll on Michael Johnson with the athletics for some decent insight at last.

I've always assumed it's because he appeals (I guess) to middle age, middle class women who know nothing about sport. Nicely bland not to offend anyone.

 

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Is Thorpe raelly that camp?

He's just well dressed and softly spoken, he's not camp in an annoying outrageous way like alan carr or graham norton.

I think he's very effeminate.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I've heard a vicious rumour that Barry Davies is STRAIGHT

 

[Farehamseagull]

Lineker, Hansen and Lawro are lazy, very average presenters/pundits. Linekers interviews with Wiggins and the women rowers last night were very poor.

I have also really enjoyed Balding, Thorpe and Foster. Insightful and entertaining. I have also been really touched by how much of a close team the swimmers seem when they have been interviewed. They genuinely seem to take as much pleasure from their team mates success as their own.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Lineker, Hansen and Lawro are lazy, very average presenters/pundits. Linekers interviews with Wiggins and the women rowers last night were very poor.

I have also really enjoyed Balding, Thorpe and Foster. Insightful and entertaining. I have also been really touched by how much of a close team the swimmers seem when they have been interviewed. They genuinely seem to take as much pleasure from their team mates success as their own.

But how many of them are GAY?

 

[Worthingite]

Hockey girls were absolute go-ers back in my uni days. They did get friendly with each other too, but that never stopped them with the lads!

This. Marjon's girls hockey team were just.....amazing!!!