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Sharron's nipples distracting viewers
BBC Olympics presenter Sharron Davies says she's bemused by a row centring
on her nipples.It's reported that the BBC has ordered cameramen to shoot
Davies from the shoulders up during broadcasts from the Olympic pool.
The Daily Mirror says the BBC received a handful of complaints from
viewers who said the 41-year-old's prominent nipples had diverted attention
from the action in the pool.
But the former swimmer said: "If it means more people are watching the
Olympics, then it's a positive thing. They might learn a lot about swimming,
get drawn into the sport and actually find they enjoy it!
"If it's detracting from the swimmers - who are most the real stars -
then it's a different matter."
"People are talking as if we don't have nipples, for God's sake," says the
past Olympic silver medallist, who presents the swimming and diving from
the Athens aquatic centre. She added: "What's the big deal? It is very sexist when you have men
wearing Lycra in practically every sport."
Davies insists there have been no orders to cameramen to show her from
the shoulders up.
Sharron - who has never hidden the fact she had a boob job ten years ago -
has been inundated with offers to appear topless in men's magazines. But
she has always turned them down. Sharron rubbishes claims she had
had two sets of breast surgery.
"I had one operation after my son
Elliott was born 10 years ago and breast-feeding made everything head
south," she insists. "They are 38C, exactly the same size before my
pregnancy. Nothing has changed!"
With that, she defiantly hoists up
the straps on her little green Gap vest. The Greek waiter gawps. Message
received and understood.
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