‘Sooked it up’: Great’s bizarre rant at ex-teammate after criticism of ‘abhorrent’ gay comments
Reflecting on his divisive column in the story, Akermanis said his argument was that the burden for an AFL player coming out as gay wouldn’t be “worth it”.“Why would you bother. We don’t care, it’s up to you. Why would you want to? Think about it. Is it worth it?Western Bulldogs great Murphy, who was Akermanis’ ex-teammate at the time, also featured in the program and said he was “disgusted”, “embarrassed” and “hurt” by the column.And finished his career with the Western Bulldogs.
“Just because I write about it and you don’t agree with it doesn’t mean … I’m scared of gay people, which is just complete crap,” Akermanis said.
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