New Zealand TV presenter Matthew Ridge has unleashed a torrent of homophobic abuse on his new podcast, The Brink.
The former football star, 55, who currently lives in Grasse, France, with his wife Chloe and their children, let loose the slur with co-host David Ring during the shocking debut episode.
He then told listeners “you can’t cancel me” because his mother and David are gay and he was “raised” by the LGBTQIA+ community.
Video clips from the podcast, which Matthew promised would offend the “woke”, were shared on Instagram and showed the hosts using insults.
One conversation in particular involved David describing a gay pride parade as an event featuring “bears,” “twinks,” and “lesbians on bikes.”
Matthew quickly interrupted with, ‘Wait, the guys we call fuckers… I don’t care if you cancel on me either. I don’t give a fuck.’
David, who lives in Monaco with his husband of 10 years, James Vaile, replied: “Well you can’t cancel it because I’m here and I’m not offended.”
“It’s just a fucking word,” he added, with Matthew explaining: “By the way, I have a lot of gay friends because my mother is gay.”
New Zealand TV presenter Matthew Ridge, 55 (pictured), launched a torrent of abuse on his new podcast The Brink during its debut over the weekend.
“I was raised in the gay community, so to speak. They can’t cancel me,” he said.
But the conversation didn’t end there, as Matthew accused David of making him feel “uncomfortable” in a previous situation by “dressing like a faggot.”
‘Like a fucking crazy pink. “Just don’t dress like a pinky,” Matthew said.
The former football star, who now lives in Grasse, France with his wife Chloe and their children, let loose the insult with co-host David Ring (right) in the shocking episode.
He then told listeners “you can’t cancel me” because his mother and David are gay and he was “raised” by the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Designing Dreams host and the socialite became fast friends through Matthew’s daughter Jaime, it was reported. To spy on Saturday.
The pair hit it off over lunch in Monaco when they bonded over both having ADHD and a “disdain for small talk.”
“We discovered a mutual love of deep, judgment-free conversation that led to a friendship and connection that we found as bewildering as everyone else around us,” David said.
Matthew and David record their podcast while alternating between their respective homes in France and Monaco.
