Kellie Harrington. Was she hung out to dry or did she hang herself out to dry?

I don't, and I know well the history of girl's boxing in Ireland, just the claim that boxing is somehow more diverse than say football is a bit misguided, especially when there's still clubs that don't allow intergender sparring.

Oh am I? Why could she not handle the question so?

There is some glaring irony here - Can we assume that "The Orb" isn't your real name?

It's almost as if an apology isn't good enough and the media are only out to destroy people. Kellie is a national hero and this is how she's treated, she's been essentially been cancelled overnight, a total cast out now.

You should never ever apologize to the woke media. Not because you may be wrong, but because it does absolutely nothing. They smell blood and now they're in for the kill.

And who's the scumbag here? Let's not forget this is the same newstalk that told you to not go visit your grandparents when they were dying, told you to not attend their funerals, told you to stay indoors for two years and who are now saying that these measures were excessive. They wore you down over two years to be afraid of everything, they made money off it, and now you want to go along and cancel a national hero because they said so.

Don't fall for it.

This is the perfect summary.

I can't wait till she goes on the late late to tell us how she's been cancelled.

Cancel culture woke snowflake mob are out in full force here. Run for cover, Kellie.

She explained why, she wasn't prepared and didn't want to get in to it. She was there as a sportsperson.

Yet the shock jock inquisitor persisted.

This was basically textbook how not to handle an interview. Those somehow claiming that Kellie is a victim are ignoring the fact that she put a comment in the public domain that was straying into the political sphere. Never mind that she deleted it, she was the one who put the tweet out there.

Shane Hannon was fully within his rights to take that specific line of questioning, it clearly showed how Harrington was the wrong fit for the campaign she was endorsing.

Her brand has been damaged by this interview, of that there is no doubt. Spar will probably quietly drop her, for she was so out of her depth it was embarrassing to watch. Her line "I wouldn't turn professional if you paid me" was one moment that stuck out like a sore thumb.

The PR advisor also had a nightmare and should not be placed in that situation again. They made a bad situation worse, and didn't have their client in any way prepped for the interview.

At the end of the day it was Harrington who chose to engage on Twitter with a political tweet in October. Nobody forced her to do it, and she is now learning that words and sentiments may have consequences.

It's a major blow to her image - the question is if she can come back from it...

Hahahahahaha and your legal name is Donald trump is it? Pull the other one, she is a famous figure who tweeted something controversial and couldn't stand over it. A spectacular fail that interview. Why couldn't she not just clarify her position on immigration??? She was there as an ambassador for Spar for diversity into he community ffs.

I'm not the one coming out saying that someone should be willing to answer at any stage on something they say online.

If you believe what you are saying, then it is hypocritical for you to hide behind a pseudonym. If you don't believe it in reality then you aren't being hypocritical, but you are lying when you say you do believe it.

I don't agree with a lot of your post but we do have a media where if you dare to step out of line or say what they view as the wrong thing they will come after you and try to take everything from you.

Newstalk journalists frequently shy away from hard questions to political figures, or let them of with their communication clinic learned spiel. Or their hypocrisy of talking about the dangers of gambling on a programme sponsored by paddy "gamble responsibly see dunlewey.net" power. But no the cowards go after the athlete with the limited pr training.

If it was a few years ago and you needed a newstalk presenter to move on, a quick name drop of Denis O'Brien always did the trick.