{"id":19693,"date":"2016-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bruce-mcavaney-cops-backlash-for-cheesy-hewitt-line\/"},"modified":"2016-01-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T00:00:00","slug":"bruce-mcavaney-cops-backlash-for-cheesy-hewitt-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/bruce-mcavaney-cops-backlash-for-cheesy-hewitt-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce McAvaney cops backlash for cheesy Hewitt line"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Lleyton Hewitt\u2019s singles tennis career came to a close on Thursday night when he lost to David Ferrer in the second round of the Australian Open \u2013 but amid tributes to the tennis champ, there has been some fury\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>People have been taking to social media to vent their dismay at a cheesy line delivered by Bruce McAvaney during an on court interview with Hewitt after the match.<\/p>\n<p>After Hewitt paid tribute to wife Bec, Bruce ended the interview with a reference to Bec\u2019s past life as a Channel 7 soapie star\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore home than away for Lleyton now with Bec, then,\u201d said Bruce.<\/p>\n<h3>And the internet erupted:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-22_at_9.06.41_am.png\" width=\"571\" height=\"778\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-22_at_9.06.54_am.png\" width=\"577\" height=\"457\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What do you reckon \u2013 is it really worth getting that worked up about?<\/h3>\n<h3>Most internet chat focused on celebrating the star\u2019s incredible tennis career and sending the man off in style:<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-22_at_9.08.15_am.png\" width=\"567\" height=\"620\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-22_at_9.08.33_am.png\" width=\"562\" height=\"452\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/screen_shot_2016-01-22_at_9.08.49_am.png\" width=\"565\" height=\"682\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/india-s-batting-collapse-leaves-fans-scratching-their-heads\">INDIA\u2019S STUNNING COLLAPSE LEAVES FANS WONDERING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/latest-social-media-craze-might-be-the-weirdest-yet\">WOMEN EXPOSE THEMSELVES IN BIZARRE INTERNET CRAZE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lleyton Hewitt\u2019s singles tennis career came to a close on Thursday night when he lost to David Ferrer in the second round of the Australian Open \u2013 but amid tributes to the tennis champ, there has been some fury\u2026 People have been taking to social media to vent their dismay at a cheesy line delivered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":19699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-19693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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