Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has apologised for an on-air gaffe suggesting Adam Goodes be used to promote the musical King Kong. McGuire's comments come only days after his public show of support for Goodes, who was racially abused by a Magpies supporter during last Friday night's AFL match at the MCG. The Magpies supporter called Goodes an "ape" before being escorted from the ground. This morning on their Triple M radio program, McGuire and co-host Luke Darcy were speaking about the launch of the new stage production of King Kong in Melbourne. McGuire suggested Goodes be involved in the promotion of the production: McGuire: "Get Adam Goodes down for it do you reckon?" Darcy: "No I wouldn't have thought so, absolutely not." McGuire: "You can see them doing that can't you?" Darcy: "Who?" McGuire: "Goodsey." Darcy: "What's that?" McGuire: "You know with the ape thing, the whole thing, I'm just saying the pumping him up and mucking around and all that sort of stuff." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-29/eddie-mcguire-apologises-for-king-kong-comment-regarding-adam-g/4720152
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