Andy Murray has long championed the empowerment of women in the professional sports world. On Monday, the former world No. 1 again spoke out against the inequalities in gender when Norweigan footballer Ada Hegerberg was asked if she knew how to twerk at a ceremony in Paris.
This question came from host DJ Martin Solveig just moments after she won the Ballon D’Or, which honors the world’s best female football player.
“Why do women have to put up with that crap]?” [Murray said. “What questions did they ask [Kylian] Mbappe and Luka Modric? I’d imagine something to do with football. And to everyone who thinks people are overreacting and that it was just a joke. It wasn’t. I’ve been involved in sport my whole life and the level of sexism is unreal.”