French Tennis Player Sexually Harasses Reporter, Gets Banished From French Open
NY Post- Maxime Hamou was banished from the French Open on Tuesday after the French player kissed and cuddled a TV journalist following his first-round exit Monday.
“The management of the tournament has decided to revoke Maxime Hamou’s accreditation following his reprehensible behavior with a journalist yesterday,” the French tennis federation said in a statement.
Maly Thomas of Eurosport was trying to interview Hamou when he put his arm around her shoulder, pulled her close, kissed her temple and nuzzled her neck before she slipped from his grasp.
Hamou, 21, is ranked No. 287 in the world. He was given a wild-card entry into the field. He lost to Pablo Cuevas, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Wow. Didn’t expect that from the French. I feel like they’re 20 years behind when it comes to sexual harassment laws. The most sexually-open country in the world, where everybody cheats on each other and nobody cares. Seriously–55% of French men and 32% of French women cheat, and more than half the country says eh, whatever, it’s nbd (Telegraph).
That video, however, is tough to watch. You can see it coming from a mile away and it just gets worse and worse, like the iceberg looming in front of the Titanic and then slowly ripping a massive hole in its side. Tennis star, hot off a straight-set loss in the first round, is hamming it up for the crowd. Thinks he’s found the funniest gag in town when he starts trying to kiss the reporter’s neck. Little does he know she’s, uh, not into it. Not even close. She sticks around because she’s doing her job. You can see he’s not trying to kiss the kid on his other arm, so he’s clearly aware that pedophilia is wrong, just like sexual harassment. Guy should know better.
If you’re thinking you might be sexually harassing someone, you are. Keep your head down, never look a woman in the eye, and maybe you’ll keep your job. Honestly, he was probably ok until the end, when he started wrangling her in and his paws dangled mighty close to her breasts. This was the moment where I thought… goose = cooked.
