Don Cherry responds to former coworker who bashed him online
Don Cherry was in the headlines last week, not for anything he did or said, but because of a former Hockey Night in Canada coworker's unprovoked bashing of him online.
Cherry's name was apparently trending online; former ''Hometown Hockey'' co-host Tara Slone took the opportunity to throw shade on the hockey legend. Slone took to her Twitter account and shared the following thoughts on Cherry:
''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.''
''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.''
Cherry spoke to the Toronto Sun after he learned of the comments after his phone blew up. It's clear he easily shrugged them off:
''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.''
''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.''
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