“It was the joke of the day,” said Collingwood AFL club president Eddie McGuire this morning.
Eddie McGuire has appeared on breakfast TV this morning, explaining comments on radio last week in which he insinuated he'd like to see journalist Caroline Wilson drowned.
McGuire was talking live on Triple M from the AFL's "Big Freeze" event on Monday when he made the joke about holding Wilson under water. The fundraiser, which raised money for motor neurone disease, involved celebrities sliding into a pool of ice-cold water.
“I reckon we should start the campaign for a one-person slide next year,” McGuire said. “Caroline Wilson. And I’ll put in 10 grand straight away … make it 20.”
“And if she stays under, 50.”
McGuire then joked about charging “$10,000 for everyone to stand around the outside and bomb her”.
“I’ll actually jump in and make sure she doesn’t [come up from the water] – I’ll hold her under,” said ex-AFL coach and commentator, Danny Frawley.
The controversial remarks blew up social media yesterday after the segment was uploaded to Soundcloud.
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"I found out about them last Monday night, they were relayed to me by a friend at Channel 9," she said.
"It's such a pity that they needed to [use] that really vicious language."
"I don't accept that it was playful banter, I've gotta' say."
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