Sir Bradley Wiggins’ tarnished public image took another blow last night when it emerged he had made an explicit remark at a dinner in support of charity Barnado’s.
According to the Daily Star, the Tour de France winner was approached by compere Jon Hammond as one of his cycling shirts went up for auction. Wiggins’ face appeared on the big screen at the luxury Rudding Park Hotel near Harrogate and he said: “You’ve got a posh voice. I like posh voices. S*** me off.”
Last night a spokesman for Wiggins’ management company said: “There had been some friendly banter beforehand and Bradley was caught unawares by the auctioneer. We’d like to apologise to anyone who was offended by his language.”
According to the report, Wiggins was attending the £300-a-seat Firecracker Ball fundraiser for children’s charity Barnado’s, which took place on November 9.
Guests said drink had been flowing “extremely freely” but Wiggins is said not to have been drunk.
Nevertheless, the remark did not go down well with other guests.
Business director David Parkin said: “Initially there was just stunned silence. It was bizarre and shocking.
“The chap sitting next to me said: ‘Before tonight he was my hero, but not anymore'.
“It was completely the wrong time and place to say something like that.
“People were completely disgusted by him.”
The 2013 Firecracker Ball raised £230,000 for Barnado’s, including £5,000 from the sale of Wiggins’ jersey.
Wiggins has been in the news recently as a result of revelations in David Walsh’s new book Inside Team Sky. Wiggins is alleged not to have given any of his 2012 Tour de France win bonus to Chris Froome, despite paying other team members for their help, until Sir Dave Brailsford intervened.
53 thoughts on “Sir Bradley Wiggins in trouble over crude joke at charity dinner”
Oh ffs, it was a stupid
Oh ffs, it was a stupid comment, end of.
Finally, something funny and
Finally, something funny and distinctly not-beige uttered by a pro. Sure all the ‘won’t somebody think of the children?’ crew will say it’s in poor taste, but why don’t they all f*$^ off and stop the bland stranglehold (blandlehold?!?) on the media and let real people enjoy themselves and say what they want when they’re on the lash. Charity got paid, and we’re reading about an event we would have otherwise not been aware of
Burn him, he’s a witch
Burn him, he’s a witch
Bit of a PR gaff but he’s not
Bit of a PR gaff but he’s not there to please the other guests, his jersey gained £5k for charity which was presumably the point of his attendance, we all know he can be a bit of a loose cannon which is part of the appeal. Chris Froome might feel differently of course!
Oh get over it. His
Oh get over it. His ‘tarnished image took another blow’?! He’s doing something for charity and all the press can concentrate on is that he made a crude joke…
FFS. So, that’s what passes
FFS. So, that’s what passes for ‘disgusting’ these days…really these people have obviously never vnetured out in the ‘real’ world where normal people are unlikely to be offended by the tail end of a possibly inappropriate comment. Although it was probably only inappropriate due to the fact someone stuck a camera in his face as he said it.
What f***ing ever. Leave him
What f***ing ever. Leave him alone.
Ha!
Ha!
Listen, if they wanted to
Listen, if they wanted to book a comedian to bomb they would’ve booked Frankie Boyle….
Wiggo said “S*** me
Wiggo said “S*** me off.”
Road.cc said “His tarnished image took another blow”
Nice one, Centurions. 😀
Wiggo has gone up in my
Wiggo has gone up in my estimations – top comment. All the PC nobbers should sod off and get a life. A harmless amusing comment.
Well done Bradley,cant
Well done Bradley,cant imagine Chris Froome coming out with suck me off but who gives a toss,im sick of these posh bastards who appear to have proliferated like effing rabbits since the Bullingdon cunts got in through dint of privileged birth and bugger all merit,talent or hard work
Suck me off indeed and now fuck off
=D>
I’m not posh and feel
I’m not posh and feel excluded. His snobbery disgusts me. I don’t want to suck Bradley off, but IT IS MY RIGHT TO BE OFFERED THE CHANCE.
These people should be hung.
Wasnt even a funny quip…
Wasnt even a funny quip… silly boy.
Hes a celeb and everything he says that isnt ‘PC’ will be picked up and published, he knows this or should do.
Prat
prat, as usual
prat, as usual
quality, continues to go up
quality, continues to go up in my estimation!
Having a posh voice is no
Having a posh voice is no indicator of sexual proclivity. Just as many prudes as tarts amongst the poshos as the plebs.
Cauld Lubter wrote:Having a
I don’t know; isn’t that what the phrase ‘fur coat and no knickers’ alludes to?
I still haven’t forgiven him
I still haven’t forgiven him for when he pinched Oprah Winfrey’s arse at Paris-Roubaix.
That happened, right?
Bravo, how do I Like his
Bravo, how do I Like his comment? This week the Wiggo has been bashed about a bit, missus.
The one thing that there is
The one thing that there is NO mention of anywhere. As it was for Barnado’s. Were there kids at the event?
If yes, its a bit of a stupid comment to make.
If no, that’s a light comment from him. No harm done if no kids in ear shot 😉
So Godfrey’s shared joke with
So Godfrey’s shared joke with women who confessed they never clean behind their fridge ‘I’m in a room full of sluts’ seems really sensible and good clean fun after all? :-))
Get back under your bridge
Get back under your bridge Keith Peat.
Hahahahaah
Hahahahaah =D>
At first I thought it was a
At first I thought it was a pretty distasteful misogynistic comment to a female compare, but seems like it was an odd joke that isn’t offensive to me (or funny). Although probably not the best thing to say when a guest at a charity auction.
Oh, how I can’t wait for the racing to start again and I can visit this site to read about that instead! Anyone fancy Horner for the Tour de France?
I’m a bit middle class so
I’m a bit middle class so maybe he’ll ask me for a w*nk
Careful old chap !
He might
Careful old chap !
He might ask you for a w..k…..using the cheeks of your arse.
He can come to our club
He can come to our club dinner with a signed yellow jersey anytime, we’ll even give him a couple of free tickets, our charity is the local hospice.
Sorry, but unless the room
Sorry, but unless the room was full of young kids…..grow up complainers, ever heard an after dinner speaker?
He was there to raise money….job done.
Down with this sort of thing!
Down with this sort of thing!
allez neg wrote:Down with
Careful now.
Talented but I think many of
Talented but I think many of the top British cyclists are sooo up there own arse it’s actually believable.
Love Bradley’s talent but not his sports personality of the year.
seem 90% of road.cc readers
seem 90% of road.cc readers want to suck bradley off. Only half of the story is reported here. News agencies are reporting this was a diner for victims of child abuse and that Bradley’s ‘representatives’ have apologised. WTF??! If all that is true and you think this was cool and funny your as much of a nob as him.
Top bloke. Hilarious
Top bloke. Hilarious interaction entertains crowd.
Looks like he’s been to the
Looks like he’s been to the Alex Ferguson school of ‘How to behave like a knight of the realm.’ No class. 😉
Oh, and can you imagine Sir
Oh, and can you imagine Sir Chris Hoy getting into the same kind of ‘trouble’ as BW (or chewing gum with his mouth open like his revolting countryman)? Proper class. B-)
http://www.theguardian.com/sp
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/aug/24/olympics2008.chrishoy
Chris Hoy said ‘arse’. Bring on the unwarranted abuse. Or is it only Wiggins you have a problem with?
Don’t see the problem, at
Don’t see the problem, at least he didn’t say c*nt!
Don’t see the problem, at
Don’t see the problem, at least he didn’t say c*nt!
Bradley Wiggins: Enjoying the
Bradley Wiggins: Enjoying the adulation of fat, Team Sky clad, 12mph chuggers the land over regardless of what he does. He is now officially the UK’s own Lance Armstrong; defended to the death no matter how much of a c*nt he is.
ajmarshal1 – excuse me?! Care
ajmarshal1 – excuse me?! Care to explain that one, being arguably GBs best ever cyclist (though I might give that to Cav personally) I can’t see why he wouldn’t command some respect from cycling fans. Personally, I can’t imagine why you think he’s a “c*nt”, to me he is a brilliant athlete (his riding style alone making him far better than most to watch) and the fact he sometimes makes some rude jokes or gives the press the finger just makes him more interesting. Better than the pre-written dull statements that characterises most sportsmen these days (though hardly their fault, why would you raise your head above the parapet by saying something unusual).
MattT53 wrote:ajmarshal1 –
Asking someone to suck you off at a fund raiser for a children’s charity isn’t “more interesting”, it’s just crass.
Never really got why wiggins
Never really got why wiggins is regarded as a national treasure by so many, he’s always been a twat. This is sadly yet another example of this. Great sporting achievements, shame he’s never had the personality to back it up.
Heartening to see a great
Heartening to see a great British tradition hasn’t died.
Build ’em up. Knock ’em down. Don’t let those successful scumbags get ahead of themselves. It’s what makes us great.
BUT NOT TOO GREAT. We wouldn’t want to get used to it.
‘highly successful sportsman
‘highly successful sportsman says something a bit rude’.
How dare he. he should hand back the knighthood.
Yours, disgusted of Tonbridge Wells.
So can I just
So can I just check…
Bradley is still OK although he made a crap/rude “joke” and didn’t pay Chris Froome?
Lance is still bad?
Froome we’re still a bit unsure about?
Cav? Where we at with him?
Gosh it’s so difficult keeping up with all this…
Crazy-legs, what is the point
Crazy-legs, what is the point of your post? Is it an attempt at humour? Wiggins is crude and tactless, not a crime in itself. Lance is a liar and cheat, both crimes. Froom is a Tour de France winner and Cav is the best, or one of the best, sprinter in the world, neither rider having committed a crime as far as I am aware and both all round good chaps. What is so difficult for your little brain to keep up with? Any other subjects you find difficult I can help you with?
Welsh boy wrote:Crazy-legs,
I would think he is pointing out how unimportant all of this, but that the media like to stir it up.
Welsh boy wrote:Crazy-legs,
Welsh boy, crazy-legs’s post was pretty funny. It points out how seriously some people take not-particularly-serious things, gently mocking the silliness of the whole thing. Colin Peyresourde also summed it up well. I think you may fall into the ‘taking things too seriously’ camp yourself.
Over & out
Not exactly the crime of the
Not exactly the crime of the century but he has always been a plonker.
Just because he is a top class sportsman doesn’t mean he he can’t be a classless twat.
That’s the problem with these
That’s the problem with these sports personalities, their personality actually comes out in the wrong light now and then. Leave the man alone, he’s human. I think.
Quote:I would think he is
As Colin says, it was a comment on the ever changing opinions of the media and forum contributors according to the moral zeitgeist of the day.
Sorry if my attempt at humour was too complex for you Welshy…
Why did this take so long to
Why did this take so long to get released by a red top?
Given that it was almost a month ago, and “business man” David Parkin – who is also a journalist – put this in to the public domain back on the 15th November you really have to ask why it is hitting the front page now, the same week as David Walsh’s hatchet job.
Why do The Star feel the need to put the boot in? They aren’t connected (as far as I am aware) with News Corp, so it seems to rule out any connection with trying to lever Wiggins out of the Sky camp. It’s very strange and reeks of someone doing someone a favour by throwing muck about, but for who and why?
There are discrepancies and unanswered questions all over the shop with this one.