US skater Johnny Weir has spoken to the same Australian network after his performance at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and he discussed the comments previously made by the official sports correspondent for the Australian Nine Network.
Earlier in the competition, Eddie McGuire, who is Official Winter Olympics correspondent for Channel Nine, made jokes with his co-host, Mick Molloy, about the sexuality of figure skater Johnny Weir.
Many viewers were said to be outraged by comments made and official complaints were made and social networking sites have begun groups, asking the newsreader to be sacked from his job.
However Weir, who has never claimed that he was gay, has dismissed the comments made by the presenter and joked about them. He also spoke about the viewpoint from the general public and the stigma many feel he creates to men in figure skating.
Wier is widely known for wearing flamboyant costumes and to have an eccentric personality.