{"id":318450,"date":"2023-07-24T05:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T05:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318450"},"modified":"2023-07-24T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T06:58:58","slug":"matildas-classy-reply-to-sexist-commentator-furore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318450","title":{"rendered":"Matilda's classy reply to 'sexist' commentator furore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matildas<\/a> midfielder Katrina Gorry has said she doesn't take comments like the one Channel Seven commentator David Basheer made in their FIFA Women's World Cup<\/a> opener against Ireland "too personally".<\/p>\n

Basheer was heavily criticised for saying Gorry had retained her competitive instinct despite becoming a mother.<\/a><\/p>\n

Gorry, 30, had just won a firm tackle on an Irish opponent when Basheer quipped: "Certainly motherhood has not blunted her competitive instincts, that's for sure."<\/p>\n

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"She is one fighter for Australia."<\/p>\n

Basheer's comments were perceived as sexist and received widespread backlash online.<\/p>\n

\"Republic<\/p>\n

There were some people calling for a formal apology, while others requested commentators in general "do better".<\/p>\n

But speaking to media on Monday afternoon, Gorry indicated she wasn't too fussed by the comment.<\/p>\n

"I actually haven't seen it. I've heard about it, but I don't take things like that too personally," she said.<\/p>\n

"I don't look at it as a negative compliment or whatever \u2026 but yeah I can see how it got taken the wrong way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Matildas<\/p>\n

"At the end of the day, I'm sure he didn't mean it in a negative way. Sometimes things come out in a negative way.<\/p>\n

"It is what it is."<\/p>\n

Gorry gave birth to daughter Harper in 2021 after undergoing IVF as a solo parent. Her mum has been coming into Matildas camp to look after the toddler.<\/p>\n

The Matildas' next World Cup match is on Thursday at Brisbane Stadium against \ufeffNigeria, who played out a 0-0 draw with Canada in their first match.<\/p>\n

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