Seven
commentator Brian Taylor has been stood down for 3AW's coverage of Sunday's Essendon-Collingwood clash as the fall-out continues from his on-air comment labelling Geelong player Harry Taylor "a big poofter".
Taylor made the remark about the Cats defender on Channel Seven on Saturday night.
"I've spoken to (3AW) management and they have chosen to give me a day off to collect my thoughts, so I'll take the opportunity to have a day off," Taylor said on Sunday.
"My apology of last night absolutely stands unequivocally.
"I made a blue, I apologised accordingly at the first opportunity to the Seven viewers where I made the blue."
3AW general manager Shane Healy apologised on behalf of the station.
"Even though these comments weren't made on 3AW … we do take this extremely seriously," Healy said.
"We just want to let our listeners know that we'll be talking to Brian tomorrow and we'll be certainly commending to him some quite serious counselling."
Media reports that Brian Taylor's anti-gay
slur directed at Harry Taylor is not his first.
His latest controversy comes only weeks after the veteran commentator made a similar homophobic slur against 3AW colleague Seb Costello.
"I don't want to offend his upbringing or his parents ... but he looks gay," Taylor said of Costello in June.
"There's nothing wrong with that, it's just a look, as 'sophisticated' is a look, as 'daggy' is a look. You look gay."