Channel One’s own press office didn’t deny the veracity of the exchange, but insisted the approach was not sexist in nature.
Ẹ̀ka ìròyìn Channel One ò fi òtítọ́ ìtàkùrọ̀sọ yìí pamọ́, ṣùgbọ́n wọ́n tẹnu mọ́ ọn pé ọ̀rọ̀ náà kò ṣègbè lẹ́yìn akọ.