Gabby Logan clarifies Olympic commentary after backlash over on-air language

BBC presenter Gabby Logan has addressed the controversy surrounding her commentary during the Paris Olympics and clarified the meaning of her comments on social media.

The 51-year-old TV personality took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday, August 10, to defend herself after using the phrase 'c--k up' twice during her BBC coverage of the Olympic Games on Friday.

Gabby was discussing Team USA's performance in the 4x100m relay with the BBC Athletics panel. Despite being Olympic gold favourites, they were disqualified due to a handover error, allowing Canada to clinch gold, with South Africa and Great Britain completing the podium.

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"OK, we've just had a kind of spoiler alert if you've just joined us on BBC One because Michael said, especially the way the USA c--ked up, so let's go back and see the whole of that 4x100m relay in the men's final," Gabby remarked during her broadcast.

However, her slip-up didn't end there, as she used the phrase 'c--k up' once more, leading to backlash from some viewers on social media. Now, Gabby has responded to her awkward blunder by tweeting" "Good afternoon," alongside a screenshot showing the definition of "c--k up", reports Wales Online.

"C--k up sounds rude but it isn't," the definition began. "C--k, in this context, means 'stand up conspicuously', 'turn up at the edge', 'bend at an angle' and so on.

T"his is the early usage of the term 'c--k-up' as in 'c--k-up one's ears', 'c--k-up one's nose.

"In the 17th and 18th centuries, people were often advised to 'c--k up'