Chris Eubank Jr proudly wears rainbow armband at weigh-in ahead of fight with Liam Smith
appeared understandably surprised and replied: “Listen, my private life is my private life. That’s irrelevant to the boxing, but I’m happy, I’m comfortable.”To which Eubank Jr responded: “It’s a very personal question to ask me directly. You can slide in my DMs or you can do it right now.” concluded this portion of the back-and-forth by saying: “I’m not that type of way mate, I like women.”Later in the presser, Eubank Jr decided not to let the comment go.
He said: “If you wanna get dark and personal with it, talking about being gay and do I like girls? I’ve been told by multiple sources that you cheat on your wife on occasion.“So glass houses mate. Let’s just relax on the personal stuff. I’d rather be gay than a cheat.”Eubank Jr and Smith both weighed in at 159lbsWhen the press conference concluded, Sky presenter Anna Woolhouse apologised for the ‘offensive language’ and ‘homophobic’ remarks.
Fellow presenter Andy Clarke agreed that the content of the conversation was ‘personal’ and ‘homophobic’.
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