Brendan Rodgers 'good girl' storm reaches GB News as Celtic boss defended by Eamonn Holmes
dailyrecord.co.ukVeteran TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has leapt to the defence Brendan Rodgers as the Celtic boss comes under fire over his “good girl” comment to BBC Scotland reporter Jane Lewis.Belfast-born Holmes backed Rodgers and claimed the term is widely used in Rodgers’ native Northern Ireland.
It comes after the Parkhead gaffer was branded a “dinosaur” by a spokesperson for the Scottish Feminist Network.But while Holmes defended Rodgers on GB News, his co-host Isabel Webster said his comment was “belittling”.
As they discussed the interview, Holmes said: “He meant good girl. Brendan Rodgers is from Carnlough in Northern Ireland. We say ‘good girl’ all the time.
I can honestly tell you that Northern Irish people will say ‘good girl, good boy, good lad’. We are admonished for it all the time because it’s not contemporary.”However, co-host Webster said: “He sounds a bit annoyed and she is not a girl, she’s a woman.
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