A BBC commentator for the Olympics ignited an online debate after casually suggesting he didn't want to see two men kissing.
Paul Hand made a comment about "two blokes" during the live footage of British tennis player Johanna Konta in the singles quarter finals. He said "lets hope they don't go on to two blokes sat next to each other" after the camera had zoomed onto a man and woman kissing.
And almost immediately after making that comment he faced a flood of abuse online with people accusing him of homophobia although the comment was made in a casual and good-humoured manner.?
The camera had moments earlier zoomed onto a couple (from what it seems) and he said, "Come on, let's have a kiss" and then added, "Let's hope they don't go on to two blokes sat next to each other."?
Almost immediately one Twitter user wrote:
And others followed suit:
A?BBC spokesman said: "The comment was ill-judged and we apologise to any of our viewers who were offended."