{"id":11664,"date":"2018-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/comedian-apologises-to-journalist-over-inappropriate-on-air-comment\/"},"modified":"2018-06-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T00:00:00","slug":"comedian-apologises-to-journalist-over-inappropriate-on-air-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/comedian-apologises-to-journalist-over-inappropriate-on-air-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian Apologises To Journalist Over Inappropriate On Air Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussie funnyman Lawrence Mooney <\/strong>has said sorry to Channel 7\u2019s Sam Lane<\/strong> over an off comment made during a pre-game footy broadcast last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody loved a double entendre more than I do,\u201d Mooney said on The Kick, before roping an unsuspecting Lane in on the conversation… \u201cNow you might be interested in this.\u201d<\/h3>\n

\u201cThere have been 14 Cox to actually play the game, 15 Cox. That\u2019s a bunch of Cox, more than a handful.<\/h3>\n

\u201cAnd there have been Cox of all different shapes and sizes. Lance Cox …… was one of the tiniest Cox to play the game…<\/h3>\n

\u201cAnd now I cross to you, Sam Lane, for the Cox report,\u201d he said. Then this: \u201cBecause you love the Cox.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lane has told the Herald Sun the comment went too far.<\/p>\n

\u201cLawrence has acknowledged that he overstepped the mark and I agree with that,\u201d Lane said.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe way the topic was thrown to me live on the night was definitely a surprise, but intuitively I thought the best thing to do was get to a newsy question of the day which was whether Mason Cox was going to be suspended or not.<\/h3>\n

\u201cHe told me that if he had his time over, he wouldn\u2019t have thrown to me in that way again. It was live TV, there\u2019s no take-two.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mooney has apologised for the error.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pre-planned and produced double entendre segment went one double entendre too far,\u201d he said.<\/h3>\n

\u201cI never intended to offend anyone — in particular my mate Sam.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

WATCH: The offending segment has been reproduced here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Sam Lane, Lawrence Mooney: Comedian\u2019s \u2018Cox\u2019 comment overstepped the mark | Herald Sun https:\/\/t.co\/gEJSWzdsXK<\/a> #AFL<\/a> #AFLinCrisis<\/a> @Toyota_Aus<\/a> @NAB<\/a> @woolworths<\/a> @JessiHalloran<\/a><\/p>— Martin Lynch (@mj_lynch) May 31, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n