Craig Hutchison and Andrew Bogut’s fat shaming sledge recalled with 120 doughnuts gift
The fat-shaming sledge between Craig Hutchison and basketballer Andrew Bogut has been recalled with a mystery benefactor sending Hutchy 120 doughnuts during his weekend radio show.
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A calorie-laden sweet reminder of his Twitter war with basketball star Andrew Bogut arrived for CrocMedia boss Craig Hutchison midway through his Off The Bench show at the SEN studios on Saturday.
Two large bags of Krispy Kreme doughnuts were delivered without warning from an unknown listener, addressed to Hutchison, during the show’s 10am newsbreak.
While the show’s team was happy to fuel up on the sweets, the sugary rings also provided a not so subtle flashback to Bogut’s savage Twitter tirade against Hutchison.
Bogut blasted Hutchison on social media last Saturday, mocking the ratings of his radio station and predicting it would fail under his reign after the CrocMedia boss joked about him being “overpaid.”
Bogut finished his Twitter sledge with: “I know VIC is in lockdown and you couldn’t grab your box or 10 of Krispy Kremes for breaky, but keep my name out of your mouth.”
Proving he can grin and bear a withering blast, Hutchison was snapped with the 120 doughnuts – 10 boxes exactly – before they were devoured by the team.
The Twitter war, which enthralled online spat watchers last weekend, was sparked by Hutchison having a sly dig at Bogut, during a segment on Off The Bench.
Hutchison chuckled about Bogut being overpaid by the Sydney Kings basketball team and said he did not know why the international sporting star did not like him.
Hutchison, who is chairman of the Melbourne United basketball team, then wondered about Bogut’s basketball status.
“He has not got a team at the moment has he, Andrew,” he asked, with co-host Liam Pickering clarifying that he was talking about a basketball team.
Pickering then suggested that Hutchison should “break bread” with Bogut.
“There comes a time in your life, Picks, where there is no more bread. I can’t break anymore bread with anymore people,” Hutchison said.
“What is baked is baked.”
When asked what was the foundation of the animosity between them, Hutchison said he did not know.
“I have never had an interaction with him in person or on the phone that was a bad one, but for whatever reason he does not like me, which is his prerogative,” he said.
“I will tell you what though, if we were happy to over pay him like the Sydney Kings are I am sure he would hold the sponsor’s sign and do the press conference.”
Hutchison finished by saying: “It was a little gag.”
But Bogut clearly was not laughing along.