{"id":2511537,"date":"2025-04-28T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2511537\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:20:14","slug":"radio-host-axed-after-unacceptable-remarks-about-australia-womens-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2511537\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio host axed after &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; remarks about Australia women&#8217;s team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AFP047089_00.pre.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t      A radio host in Australia who made unacceptable and disgusting comments about the national women&#8217;s football team was taken off air on Wednesday, local media reported.<br \/>  Marty Sheargold was widely criticised after saying on nationwide radio station Triple M on Monday he would rather hammer a nail through his penis than watch the Matildas at next year&#8217;s Asian Cup at home.<br \/>  Got any men&#8217;s sport? he added, to laughter from his co-hosts, and among other barbs said the team reminded him of year 10 girls.<br \/>  Sheargold apologised but his scheduled show on Wednesday did not go to air, ABC News said, reporting that the comedian and Triple M had mutually agreed to part ways.<br \/>  I fully understand the gravity of my comments, Sheargold was quoted as saying in a statement.<br \/>  I&#8217;d like to sincerely apologise to the Matildas and the broader organisation.<br \/>  Earlier, Football Australia acknowledged Sheargold and the radio network&#8217;s apology but urged respectful and constructive discussions about women&#8217;s sport and its participants.<br \/>  Football Australia is deeply disappointed by the unacceptable comments made by Marty Sheargold on Triple M regarding the Matildas, it said in a statement.<br \/>  Such remarks not only diminish the extraordinary achievements and contributions of our women&#8217;s national football team, but also fail to recognise the profound impact they have had on Australian sport and society.<br \/>  Known better as the Matildas, the Australian women&#8217;s football team regularly play matches at sell-out stadiums, drawing bigger attendances than the men&#8217;s side and generally enjoying more success.<br \/>  As co-hosts with New Zealand, the Matildas reached the semi-finals of the Women&#8217;s World Cup in 2023, losing to England in front of a Sydney crowd of 76,000.<br \/>  All female athletes deserve to be covered with the same level of professionalism and respect afforded to their male counterparts, the governing body added.<br \/>  Interim Matildas coach Tom Sermanni, who is overseeing the team at the SheBelieves Cup in the United States, called Sheargold&#8217;s comments outrageous and completely unnecessary.<br \/>  Rosie Malone, who plays hockey for Australia, wrote on Instagram: It&#8217;s 2025 and something like this is being aired on prime time radio&#8230; disgusting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A radio host in Australia who made unacceptable and disgusting comments about the national women&#8217;s footb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2511538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[785171],"tags":[133795,98706,528524,32077,939,19294,1670,98751,73191,11802,200,125020,78392,6798,17757,812,4817,3687,4313,31168,1712,345531,6330,784979,2722,11034,784980,1668,3843,13633,11786,3577,16899,21135,302851,482,14115,577,1669],"class_list":{"0":"post-2511537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-jiji","10":"tag-topics","11":"tag-topix","12":"tag-939","13":"tag-19294","14":"tag-1670","15":"tag-98751","16":"tag-73191","17":"tag-11802","18":"tag-200","19":"tag-125020","20":"tag-78392","21":"tag-6798","22":"tag-17757","23":"tag-812","24":"tag-4817","25":"tag-3687","26":"tag-4313","27":"tag-31168","28":"tag-1712","29":"tag-345531","30":"tag-6330","31":"tag-784979","32":"tag-2722","33":"tag-11034","34":"tag-784980","35":"tag-1668","36":"tag-3843","37":"tag-13633","38":"tag-11786","39":"tag-3577","40":"tag-16899","41":"tag-21135","42":"tag-302851","43":"tag-482","44":"tag-14115","45":"tag-577","46":"tag-1669"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/wakoka.com\/@news\/114415090976891409","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}