‘Hang them suckers’: Anthony Mundine’s offensive anti-gay rant

BOXER Anthony Mundine has appeared to support the death penalty for gays, and people on social media have smashed the failed reality star for being a ‘gutless homophobe.’

BOXER Anthony Mundine has appeared to support the death penalty for gays, saying it is the only way for society to deter homosexuality.

The high-profile Muslim doubled down on previous anti-gay rhetoric in an incendiary interview after abruptly quitting the Channel Ten reality show I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!

He said homosexuality, banned in Islam, was also forbidden in Aboriginal culture.

“If we were to live in a society, just like in Aboriginal culture, that homosexuality is forbidden and you do it and the consequences are capital punishment or death, you think you are going to do it? Or think twice about doing it?”

Mundine then added the same fate should befall paedophiles. “Hang them suckers,” he said.

Asked to clarify if he meant gays should be executed, he replied: “The paedophiles mainly, hang them suckers and let’s see if they have the balls to do it again.”

Anthony Mundine has, according to a lot of people, crossed the line a step too far this time. Picture: Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

It has launched the social media world into a frenzy, with Mundine trending on Twitter as people express their disgust at his comments, including a number of well known figures.

Australian entertainer and TV star Tim Campbell, who is married to singer Anthony Callea (an I’m A Celebrity contestant in 2016), referred to Mundine as a “vile, gutless homophobe.”

“So a pathetic little ferret like #CelebAnthony Mundine couldn’t cope in the jungle, yes is ‘the man’? I guess that makes my #CelebAnthony husband, who could face the challenge and battled it to the end, a much stronger ‘man’ than that vile, gutless homophobe.”

Former Rugby League player Casey Conway, who is a proud gay man and of Aboriginal descent, also referred to Mundine as “vile” in a tweet, saying his harmful opinion was “disgraceful.”

So a pathetic little ferret like #CelebAnthony Mundine couldn’t cope in the jungle, is a quitter, yet is “the man”?
I guess that makes my #CelebAnthony husband, who could face the challenge and battled it to the end, a much stronger “man” than that vile, gutless homophobe.

— Tim Campbell (@TimCampbellTwit) February 8, 2018

Anthony Mundine is vile human and his comments should be condemned.
Using our culture as a basis for his harmful opinions is disgraceful.
Women and LGBTI people are your equal Anthony, you’re not better than anyone. Educate yourself.

— Casey Conway (@caseyconway_) February 8, 2018

Anthony Mundine is an absolute disgrace. His comments about gay people show exactly who he is. An ignorant fool without a clue.

— Harry Cook (@HarryCook) February 8, 2018

Six predominantly Muslim countries — including Iran and Saudi Arabia — retain the death penalty for homosexuality, while another five nations have the penalty but do not use it.

The boxer has appeared to support the death penalty for gays.

Mundine attacked the push for gay rights in Western countries, saying it would inevitably lead to calls for the legalisation of paedophilia.

“Because they are pushing these gay rights so much in the Western world, the paedophiles out there want their rights,” he said. “Now they are going to claim to have rights. They want their rights just like the gay people want their rights.”

Anthony Mundine has attacked the push for gay rights in Western countries.

Prior to entering the jungle, Mundine controversially stated his opposition to homosexuality, contraception and abortion. In his latest interview he said he did not even believe homosexuals, actors or characters, should be allowed on TV as he fears it would influence children to become gay.

Anthony Mundine, with rival Danny Green, says he quit the show because he missed his children.

“They are not going to be happy until they have primary school kids being gay,” he said when asked to clarify his views. “If you are going to be gay, do it behind closed doors, that is how it used to be.”

Mundine’s comments appear to sail dangerously close to anti-vilification laws but he is unrepentant.

“I talk the truth ... I don’t care if you are gay or not, it doesn’t worry me because the creator will judge you later.”

The boxer says he doesn’t care what people think about him. Picture: Nigel Wright/Network Ten.

The 42-year-old unexpectedly quit the reality show early yesterday, saying he was missing his children.

“I thought I was cruising there for a while ... but the last three or four days my kids have been playing heavily on my mind,” he said.

Mundine was rumoured to be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for taking part but concedes he “probably” won’t get that cash now.

He said he didn’t care what people think: “It is water off a duck’s back to me. I know who I am .... I know I am a cool cat. I know that I am genuine, a strong man.”

* Anthony Mundine will appear on Channel Ten’s The Project tonight at 6.30pm.

Originally published as ‘Hang them suckers’: Anthony Mundine’s offensive anti-gay rant