C’mon, Phil Esposito.
The Hockey Hall of Famer is one of the radio voices of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and on Thursday night during the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 7-2 loss in Game 2 of their opening-round playoff series, Espo was describing a Leafs fan who was talking trash to Tampa players near the penalty box.
“You’ve got a fat woman who’s yappin’ like crazy, or is that a guy with long hair? I can’t tell,” he said on the air.
To which I say: No need to go there. We call that body shaming and that’s very wrong. Just say she was a fan yappin’ instead! It’s pretty simple.
"YOU'VE GOT A FAT WOMAN WHO'S YAPPIN' LIKE CRAZY" – Espo with the line of the night pic.twitter.com/FctZEvnyHA
— Bucs Rays Bolts (@BucsRaysBoltsYT) April 21, 2023
That’s the great Lightning Founder & Hockey Hall of Famer Phil Esposito. https://t.co/DAE7n34xnC
— rock riley (@realrockriley) April 21, 2023
