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Chris Gayle in trouble again over interview with female journalist

Chris Gayle
Image: Chris Gayle has courted controversy again

Chris Gayle is facing fresh allegations of sexism after making a series of controversial remarks to a female journalist.

The former West Indies captain, who was criticised for asking female Australian reporter Mel McLaughlin out on a date during a live television interview earlier this year, was speaking to Charlotte Edwardes for an article published in the Times Magazine on Saturday.

According to the article, Gayle made suggestive remarks and asked the journalist about personal matters.

Gayle later says: "Women should have equality and they do have equality. They have more than equality. Women can do what they want. Jamaican women are very vocal. They will let you know what time it is, for sure."

Cricketer Chris Gayle flirts with Ten's Melanie McLaughlin
Image: Gayle was criticised following an interview with Melanie McLaughlin

He later adds: "Women should please their man. When he comes home, food is on the table. Serious. You ask your husband what he likes and then you make it."

Asked about homophobia, Gayle said: "The culture I grew up in, gays were negative. (But) people can do whatever they want. You can't tell someone how to live their life. It's a free world."

In January, Gayle was fined 10,000 Australian dollars following his interview with McLaughlin during a Big Bash League contest.

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TAUNTON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: Chris Gayle of Somerset  during the NatWest T20 Blast match between Somerset and Hampshire at The County Ground on June 5, 2015
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Asked about the incident by Edwardes, Gayle said: "It was a joke. She knew that. That's who I am, the joker."

The 36-year-old, currently in India playing for the Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League, has signed a contract to play for Somerset in the Natwest T20 Blast this summer.

Edwardes said: "Others can decide whether his remarks were appropriate. If I'd been offended, I would have said so in The Times. By the way, he made me laugh."

Somerset chief executive Guy Lavender said: "We were disappointed to read the report in The Times.

"Our experience of Chris was very positive when he was with us last season, both on and off the pitch.

"It was disappointing to read the article. We haven't had the opportunity to discuss this with him yet, but will of course do so when he arrives to play for us in a few days' time."

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