Can’t wait. Controversial former Channel Nine footy icon Sam Newman has opened up on the abuse he and his family have copped over the explosive comments about George Floyd that preceded his split from the TV network.“George Floyd … is piece of s***,” Newman said on his podcast You Cannot Be Serious.“He has been in jail five times, he held up a pregnant black woman with a knife, he’s a drug addict, he’s a crackhead and he’s a pornstar.”“He’s dead because of the police brutality and it never should have happened. "The 9 network and I have MUTUALLY decided that, in the station's best interests, I withdraw form [SIC] appearing on their programs — forthwith," he tweeted.
AFL commentator Sam Newman has resigned from Channel Nine after he attracted criticism for making comments about George Floyd.The former Geelong captain and media personality was widely criticised after describing George Floyd as a "piece of shit".Floyd was killed when a police officer in Minneapolis kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes, sparking protests about the treatment of black people by police around the world.On his podcast show, You Cannot Be Serious, the 74-year-old took aim at Floyd and his criminal record.
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The decision was made mutually and amicably,” the statement read.“Sam Newman has been a part of the football landscape in Melbourne for generations. "For me, the last 35-odd years have been fantastic. Sam Newman made comments about George Floyd on his own podcast show Channel Nine and Newman both said the split was mutual Ex-Collingwood player Heritier Lumumba said Newman … Credit: Nine It comes after the 300-game Geelong ruckman had a podcast tirade about American George Floyd, …
"Newman said in a tweet that the decision was mutual. Really!” he said.A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. The 9 network and I have MUTUALLY decided that, in the station’s best interests, I withdraw form appearing on their programs - forthwith. While Newman described Floyd’s death as “disgraceful”, he also declared he was “a piece of shit”, drawing massive criticism.“He has been in jail five times, he held up a pregnant black woman with a knife, he’s a drug addict, he’s a crackhead and he’s a pornstar,” Newman ranted.“He’s dead because of the police brutality and it never should have happened. And, for me, the last 35-odd years have been fantastic. "Lumumba added in a Twitter thread that he believed Newman did not see black people as human. But I am telling you who George Floyd is, now they’ve made a monument about him and he’s a piece of s***”.The shocking attack prompted a fierce backlash against the veteran footy icon, with Channel Nine employees among those calling for his sacking.An online petition to remove Newman from the network gathered steam before he and Nine announced that they'd mutually agreed to part ways.Despite the outrage over Newman's initial comments about Floyd, the 74-year-old doubled down on his comments over the weekend.“How in God’s name could you say that was controversial what I said about him,” Newman said to the “I could have easily said, and probably should have if I had known it was going to be reported verbatim, that he is of unsavoury character.“The point is why are making a martyr out of Geoge Floyd, we should be condemning the police brutality.While Newman will no longer feature on Nine's AFL Footy Show, he is still part of a podcast with Mike Sheahan and Don Scott.The controversial broadcaster says in spite of his bombshell exit from Channel Nine - after a 35-year association - he has no regrets about how things panned out.“No regrets at all, it doesn’t affect me at all in the slightest,” he told the Sunday Herald Sun.Newman's exit from Nine coincided with a scathing attack from Collingwood legend Heritier Lumumba, who accused the 74-year-old of being tone deaf and a bigot.Lumumba - who this month accused his former club Collingwood of covering up racism during his 10-year stint with the club - claimed Newman was missing the point about Floyd and his insistence that Black Lives Matter is an American movement that has no place in Australia.“Sam Newman is doing exactly what he has always done. "Unsurprisingly, Newman's comments re: George Floyd show that [he] doesn't have a clue about what the Black Lives Matter is about. His contribution to The Footy Show was paramount to the enormous ratings success the show enjoyed over many years.”Let’s see how this gets reported. "He's dead because of the police brutality and it never should have happened. Pic: GettyHeritier Lumumba launched a scathing attack on Sam Newman. Because they don't see us as human.