{"id":13112,"date":"2017-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/susie-o-neill-reveals-the-shock-comment-don-burke-made-to-her\/"},"modified":"2017-11-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T00:00:00","slug":"susie-o-neill-reveals-the-shock-comment-don-burke-made-to-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/susie-o-neill-reveals-the-shock-comment-don-burke-made-to-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Susie O\u2019Neill Reveals The SHOCK Comment Don Burke Made To Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Aussie Olympic swimmer Susie O\u2019Neill has spoken up about a shocking comment made to her by TV star Don Burke.<\/h3>\n<p>O\u2019Neill was alone with Burke in her home for an interview before the Sydney 2000 Olympics when she showed him one of her favourite paintings of a flower.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/tv-and-radio\/olympic-swimmer-susie-oneill-flabbergasted-at-don-burke-comments-it-was-crude-and-it-was-belittling-20171127-gztw2n.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SMH<\/a>, Burke asked O\u2019Neill: &#8220;Is your c&#8212; as&nbsp;big as that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>&#8220;It was crude and it was belittling,&#8221; O\u2019Neill said.<\/h3>\n<h3>O\u2019Neill\u2019s manager at the time, Nick Cummins, has told Fairfax the swimmer was &#8220;intimidated by the crude sexual innuendo&#8221;.<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;It has stayed with me all those years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was such an injustice.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Olympic star Susie O&#39;Neill&#39;s shock: More women come forward in wake of Don Burke allegations. Exclusive by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kate_McClymont?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kate_McClymont<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzAlJgnPKb\">https:\/\/t.co\/DzAlJgnPKb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smh\/status\/935132219278090240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie Olympic swimmer Susie O\u2019Neill has spoken up about a shocking comment made to her by TV star Don Burke. O\u2019Neill was alone with Burke in her home for an interview before the Sydney 2000 Olympics when she showed him one of her favourite paintings of a flower. 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