Seven network commentator Amanda Abate calls Sun Yang ‘one of the Chinese cheats’ instead of stars

A CHANNEL Seven commentator has suffered a massive gaffe on live TV, and surprise surprise, it was all to do with Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.

Amanda Abate made the Freudian slip during an Olympic update on Channel Seven last night. Picture: Channel Seven

A CHANNEL Seven commentator has suffered a massive Freudian slip on live TV after calling swimmer Sun Yang “one of China’s cheats” instead of “star”.

Amanda Abate’s slip of the tongue comes off the back of an international feud after Aussie swimmer Mack Horton labelled Yang a drug cheat when he won gold in the 400 metre freestyle final on Saturday.

Australia's Mack Horton shakes hands with Sun Yang after he wins Gold medal in the Mens 400m Final. Picture. Phil Hillyard

“Some big names of swimming are lining up to support Aussie gold medallist Mack Horton, with mounting backlash from China for calling one of its cheats, sorry, one of its stars a drug cheat,” Abate said.

Her co-host was quick to step in.

“Slip of the tongue with Sun Yang?” he said, adding that “it happens”.

“I definitely didn’t mean that, but look everyone, it is a talking point,” Abate added.

She took to Twitter soon after the awkward slip up.

Whoops 😳 #freudianslip #teamaussie

— Amanda Abate (@AmandaAbate) August 9, 2016

A number of social media users went straight in for the attack with Abate pleading with people not to ‘troll’ her.

@chloe72176791 it was an unintentional slip

— Amanda Abate (@AmandaAbate) August 9, 2016

@AmandaAbate is just like every other aussie racists, oops, that was an unintentional slip of my hand, i meant aussie douchebags, oops~

— oMwMo (@CatGoesMwM) August 9, 2016

The Chinese Swimming Association banned Sun Yang for three months in May 2014 after he tested positive for the stimulant trimetazidine.

Yang said he used the drug to treat the heart condition angina.

Abates Co-host was quick to step in. Picture: Channel Seven