Favorite Uncomfortable Sports Broadcasting Moments

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Also another Nascar classic...

Rusty Wallace was aksed how he felt about Jeff Gordon's wife (now ex-wife) sitting in with the pit crew during their races. Wallace responded something like, "I think it's ridiculous. My wife is up in the stands where she belongs!".

This is what I have been told, so this may or may not have actually occurred during an actual broadcast. Still pretty funny though.

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I also don't understand why this is funny/uncomfortable/anything but standard. It's not like he said she was home making him a sandwich where she belongs.

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I think the "where she belongs" part of the statement is pretty strong. And if you can imagine the way Rusty Wallace would say this, it could come across as pretty uncomfortable. But Rusty doesn't give a s**t anyway. So I guess the interviewer got what they asked for.