Richard Keys reignites Laura Woods feud after Gabby Logan fury - 'Show some respect'
Richard Keys has demanded Laura Woods show him more respect after the two TV presenters clashed on social media. Keys went viral for all the wrong reasons on X after posting about the death of Terry Yorath.
Yorath, a Welsh football icon and Leeds United legend passed away at the age of 75 in January. He was the father of Gabby Logan, a well-known sports presenter and TV personality.
Former Sky Sports and beIN SPORTS presenter Keys, 68, attracted heavy criticism for his strange tribute. "Sad to hear the news of Terry Yorath's passing," Keys wrote.
"He was a warrior and won fans over wherever he played. He was great for us at Coventry and the reason I got Gabby [Logan] a job at Sky. I had no idea who she was when we met but I knew her dad. RIP Terry. Your daughter did you proud."
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ITV and talkSPORT presenter Woods replied: "Sorry… but what a t***. Said with zero surprise."
Keys was confused by the backlash and later tried to clarify his comments. But, months later, it seems Woods' words still sting. “I would never, ever have described a senior member of my profession as a t***,” he told The Telegraph . “A little bit more respect, please.”
In a later post on X, Keys tried to clear up what he meant. "What a shame my words for a footballing hero of mine were entirely misinterpreted," he wrote.
"Terry Yorath was a fabulous guy. A warrior. My affection for him meant I was more than happy to help him & his family in any way I could. Gabby's career would make any father proud. RIP Terry."
Keys has moved back to the UK after spending 13 years working for Qatari broadcaster beIN SPORTS. He has moved in with his wife Lucie, 31 years his junior, in west London and has done an interview with The Telegraph to reflect on a number of subjects.
Keys and his long-time colleague Andy Gray moved to Qatar in the wake of their scandalous exit from Sky Sports and the UK in 2011. They were forced out of the company after a clip was leaked of them making sexist remarks about assistant referee Sian Massey - an incident Keys later claimed was a "set-up" designed by 'dark forces' to force them out.
That infamous incident, plus another personal encounter led to Logan characterising the pair in her 2022 memoir as “dinosaurs, waiting to become extinct”. And Keys has now admitted that the way he and Gray operated rubbed many people up the wrong way.
“We were bullies," he said. "We had to bully our way into the business, and that culture was very much from within. We became bullies as people. That’s not an excuse, because today it just wouldn’t be tolerated.
"It was a culture that existed, and it had to in order for us to make it. I say that hesitatingly, because it sounds like I’m excusing it. I’m not, I’m admitting it. But I also know that if it hadn’t been like that, we wouldn’t have made it.”
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