Having made a career out of speaking his mind Gareth Cliff wasn’t holding back following the controversy that has engulfed him this week. You know, the tweet he sent out that has caused M-Net to reconsider working with him in the future.
Cliff chose to speak to News24 to give his side of the story, defending himself whilst at the same time condemning racism:
“I am very disappointed how this agenda has been hijacked by an angry mob on Twitter,” he said.
Asked to give his comment on what was behind these sporadic race debates, Cliff said: “I think this is an ugly situation. It’s a conversation we absolutely need to have, but I believe it has gotten out of control. It’s not everybody in SA. It’s everybody on social media.”
“It’s a lot of hot-headed people who are very emotional. And when you are emotional you sometimes say things you don’t mean and I can vouch for that, having been on radio for so long,” he said…
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