--- title: Watch Cricket Player Chris Gayle Ask TV Presenter for a Date description: The Jamaican-born international player has been fined $7,200 for asking a reporter on a date during an awkward interview on live television canonical: https://time.com/4167318/watch-a-top-cricketer-make-things-awkward-by-propositioning-a-presenter-on-live-tv/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-05T09:05:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:16.564Z article:section: Sports og:title: Watch Cricketer Chris Gayle Proposition Presenter on Live TV og:description: Things get super awkward. og:url: https://time.com/4167318/watch-a-top-cricketer-make-things-awkward-by-propositioning-a-presenter-on-live-tv/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ed819da51516422/6988777e5f570fbce4b1f072/gettyimages-503342398.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Big Bash League - Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Cricketer Chris Gayle Proposition Presenter on Live TV twitter:description: Things get super awkward. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ed819da51516422/6988777e5f570fbce4b1f072/gettyimages-503342398.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Top Cricketer Make Things Awkward by Propositioning a Presenter on Live TV by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 5, 2016 9:05 AM UTC  Chris Gayle of the Melbourne Renegades gives a TV interview to Mel Mclaughlin during the Big Bash League match between the Hobart Hurricanes and the Melbourne Renegades at Blundstone Arena in Hobart, Australia, on Jan. 4, 2016 Chris Gayle of the Melbourne Renegades gives a TV interview to Mel Mclaughlin during the Big Bash League match between the Hobart Hurricanes and the Melbourne Renegades at Blundstone Arena in Hobart, Australia, on Jan. 4, 2016Darrian Traynor—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 5, 2016 9:05 AM UTC Jamaican-born international cricket player Chris Gayle has been fined $7,200 for asking a sports reporter out on a date during an interview on live television. The incident took place during an Australian league match Monday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) [reports](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-05/cricketer-chris-gayles-off-field-comments-criticised/7067342). During the interview, broadcast on Australia’s Ten Network, Gayle says to the visibly uncomfortable presenter Mel McLaughlin: “I want to come and have an interview with you as well.” He adds: “To see your eyes for the first time is nice. Hopefully we can win this game and have a drink after. Don’t blush baby.” > [](https://twitter.com/AuskarSurbakti/status/684173932514037760) Gayle’s team, the Melbourne Renegades, has [formally apologized](http://www.melbournerenegades.com.au/news/club-statement-chris-gayle/2016-01-05) to McLaughlin on behalf of Gayle, who has a track record of [propositioning female journalists](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-05/chris-gayle-labelled-a-creep-after-controversial-interview/7068316) according to the ABC. The head of Cricket Australia James Sutherland was meanwhile quoted by the BBC as saying that a cricket match was “not a nightclub.” He said: “I think one of the things that perhaps hasn’t dawned on everyone is it’s actually a workplace,” and added that Gayle’s behavior constituted workplace harassment. Gayle holds several world records in the sport of cricket and captained the West Indies squad in the three years to 2010\. He [told reporters later](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/05/chris-gayle-claims-sexist-comments-were-a-simple-joke-and-blown-out-of-proportion), “There wasn’t anything meant to be disrespectful or offensive to Mel. If she felt that way, I’m really sorry for that.” \[[_ABC_](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-05/cricketer-chris-gayles-off-field-comments-criticised/7067342)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4167318/watch-a-top-cricketer-make-things-awkward-by-propositioning-a-presenter-on-live-tv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4167318/watch-a-top-cricketer-make-things-awkward-by-propositioning-a-presenter-on-live-tv/"},"headline":"Watch a Top Cricketer Make Things Awkward by Propositioning a Presenter on Live TV","datePublished":"2016-01-05T09:05:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:16.564Z","description":"\"Don't blush baby\"","url":"https://time.com/4167318/watch-a-top-cricketer-make-things-awkward-by-propositioning-a-presenter-on-live-tv/","keywords":["Cricket","Newsfeed","sexism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ed819da51516422/6988777e5f570fbce4b1f072/gettyimages-503342398.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ed819da51516422/6988777e5f570fbce4b1f072/gettyimages-503342398.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Big Bash League - Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades","caption":"Big Bash League - Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades","creditText":"Darrian Traynor—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cricket/","name":"Cricket"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4167318/watch-a-top-cricketer-make-things-awkward-by-propositioning-a-presenter-on-live-tv/","name":"Watch a Top Cricketer Make Things Awkward by Propositioning a Presenter on Live TV"}}]}] ```