‘I felt a little bit hurt,’ admits Kate Abdo as she opens up on Jamie Carragher’s ‘loyal’ jibe live on TV
PRESENTER Kate Abdo admitted that she was left ‘feeling a little bit hurt’ by Jamie Carragher’s loyalty jibe.
Carragher – who sits on the panel headed by Abdo on CBS Sports – stunned viewers with his misguided joke.
The incident occurred during coverage of Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Porto at the Emirates Stadium in March.
In a skit involving a Gunners shirt, Abdo stated that she wouldn’t wear it because she is “loyal” to Manchester United.
Carragher then made a quip about her boyfriend Malik Scott, saying “not to Malik”, prompting her to ask: “Why would you even ask that?”
Fans cringed and hit out at the former Liverpool defender for his ‘unfunny’ comment which uncomfortably missed the mark.
Abdo subsequently addressed the incident live on television 24 hours later, delivering an hilarious ‘brotherly’ put-down to Carragher.
But Abdo has now spoken again on the comments, claiming that they had “hurt” her in the studio.
She told iFLTV: “What Jamie said came from nowhere. It was just a quick line, it was meant to be funny, sometimes they hit, sometimes they don’t. That one went a little bit sideways.
“I felt a little bit hurt but it is what it is. You move on. We talked about it, we’re all good, nothing really to talk about.”
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Reports speculated whether her ex-boxer boyfriend Scott could potentially fight Carragher, who himself is an avid boxer.
But Abdo calmed these fears.
She said: “Malik does not want to fight Jamie. They are cool. I understand why Malik said what he said but I think also if you read the full extent, he was super respectful.”
Last month, Scott admitted that he was initially not best pleased with Carragher, but was thankful that he apologised later.
He explained: “If Kate gets upset then it’s a really big deal to me and I’ll give him a call and if he doesn’t pick up my call, then I’ll show up in a physical manner so we can talk like men.”
At the time, Thierry Henry was visibly shocked at the remark.
While the awkwardness was confirmed when Micah Richards failed to laugh at the comment.