Don Cherry Responds To Nasty Comments Made By Former Co-Worker
Don Cherry has responded to the comments made by his former co-worker Tara Sloane last week.
Sloane made shots at Cherry's old-fashioned demeanor, which shouldn't be much of a shock to anybody seeing that he's 88 years old.
Here were Sloane's comments:
I see Don Cherry is trending yet again. I have never weighed in, but I want to now.
I like(d) Don as a person, because like many of us, he wasn't just one thing. But I loathed his perspective, more and more as the years went by.
He sort of tolerated Hometown Hockey, but was jealous of Ron's other job/co-host. He thought we were soft and woke and focussed on too much outside of hockey. HTH wasn't for everyone, so that didn't bother me.
He had some good points, probably, once upon a time. He has tons of charisma, which is why he stayed on air for so long. But this incessant and nostalgic elevating of Don as some figure who we should look to as a hockey and political leader? Come ON.
I like him, I really do. I hope he is healthy and doing well. But he is a bigot and had no place on national television with a national platform. It wasn't the poppy incident, it was everything he proclaimed over 3 decades. Come. On. Stop with the deification.
In an interview with the Toronto Sun, Cherry responded to those comments.
The first thing I said was, �Who is she?' I didn't recognize her but someone said she was the one always with Ron (MacLean). I didn't even know who she was.
She was just trying to get some publicity and got her picture in the paper. I don't mind. Now I know who she is.
Cherry believes that Sloane is simply trying to stay relevant by bringing up the media veteran. It is clear that Don Cherry has thick skin.
Source: Blade Of Steel
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