The day after Daniel Bravo’s sexist remark, BeIN Sports reacts. After the apologies expressed at the start of the morning, the channel decided to suspend its consultant. “I informed Daniel Bravo this morning of his suspension with immediate effect, a decision that he understands perfectly,” Florent Houzot, director of broadcasts, programs and editorial, told us. He obviously deeply regrets his comments and he called Gaëtane to apologize. » The duration of his suspension has not been specified, but the channel has already announced that he will not comment this evening on the Liga match scheduled on BeIN Sport 1 this Sunday evening at 9 p.m.
Saturday evening, the consultant made a sexist comment towards Gaëtane Thiney, sports director of the women’s section of Paris FC, during the Ligue 1 meeting between the PFC and Olympique de Marseille (2-2). While the ex-French international appeared on screen, Daniel Bravo initially felt that she was “not very attentive”. Before continuing: “I have the impression that she was talking about lingerie”. Despite the disapproval of journalist Christophe Josse, who said “no, no, no”, the former PSG player continued, adding the word “clothing”, before letting out a burst of laughter.
No “room” for sexism
The problematic joke did not escape the subscribers of the Franco-Qatari channel, nor Internet users on social networks. Faced with the outcry, BeIN Sports published a press release on its social networks. “We sincerely regret the comments made on air by one of our consultants, and we apologize to the person concerned, to our subscribers and to all those who these comments may have offended,” wrote the media.
The latter also referred to the wave of harassment suffered by Vanessa Le Moigne. Violently criticized for her management of the post-match of the CAN final, the journalist announced that she would no longer cover football from next season.
“Like the unacceptable attacks that one of our journalists was recently subjected to on the networks, no sexist judgment or comment has any place on our broadcasts and our social media,” continued BeIN Sports. Respect for everyone, in expression, in practice and in passion for sport, is an essential value for our teams and for our channel. »
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