During the second halftime of the Toronto Maple Leafs-Montreal Canadians playoffs, McClean mentioned the visible photos on the shelf behind analyst and former NHL player Kevin Bieksa. The picture shows fellow analyst Anthony Stewart taking off his shirt at a rum party.

“You have a picture of a man with his tarp [shirt] Of course, you must be optimistic about certain things. “McClean said on the CBC radio program.

MacLean said that when a group laughed at the photo, he was referring to the early part of the show, while Bieksa commented that he was a positive person. MacLean said that “positive” refers to an alcohol test.

McLean said in the statement: “I mean rum.” “I understand that when other people are in the’voicing’ of a two-way conversation, there is a possibility of misunderstanding.”

After saying this, he immediately commented on social media, interpreting the 61-year-old’s remarks as a reference to AIDS.

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Earlier Wednesday, David Palumbo, the vice chairman of You Can Play, advocated for sports integration. He said he had a conversation with MacLean and stated that he “has [what he said.”]

Palumbo said that he knew MacLean very early, and believes that he sincerely hopes to become better through the broadcasting language.

“I believe what he said. In terms of his historic support for the LGBTQ+ community, I have always known Ron to be a firm ally. This is a good conversation,” Palumbo said. “It’s commendable that he reached out and fully owned what he said and the kind of interaction. He provided more background information for the comments and the content behind the comments.

“Then we discussed two-way communication and the concept of language between the two parties, and how to interpret language outside of the parties.”

Watch | LGBTQ+ advocates discuss MacLean’s comments:

Jamie Strashin of CBC Sports reviewed the controversial comments made by Canadian Hockey Night host Ron MacLean, which many believed to be homophobia. Andrew Nichols of CBC News ) Interviewed former hockey player and LGBTQ+ advocate Brock McGillis, who spoke with McLean on Tuesday night. 10:16

I apologize for Cherry’s speech

This vibe happened to old friends of MacLean and Coach’s corner Partner Don Cherry was fired for derogatory comments about immigration.

During this period Coach’s corner In the Remembrance section of November 2019, Cherry talked about immigrants who do not wear poppies: “You…you love our way of life, love our milk and honey, at least you can buy poppies and the like for a few dollars. “

MacLean apologized to the live broadcast on the next day’s broadcast.

“The remarks made by Don Cherry are hurtful, discriminatory and frankly wrong… I sincerely apologize, and I want to thank you. [the audience] Tell me and Don to go out that night,” McLean said.