" Melbourne, Feb 9: Former Test star turned television commentator Ian Healy was forced to apologize today for making an insensitive gesture as Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds spoke about breast cancer. "
" Healey, who earned 119 test caps as Australian wicketkeeper, pretended he was playing a violin as Symonds explained in the commentary box that he was playing with a pink bat grip in order to raise awareness about breast cancer. "
" Channel Nine reported its switchboards around the country were swamped with calls from viewers outraged at the gesture. "
" "I was winding Andrew Symonds up to talk about his pink grip, you know, we've got these massive big blokes using pink grips on their bat and that was the wind-up," Healy said. "
" "As he got into his promotion of the scheme I did the air violin as people are calling ... read the whole article
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