Circle slammed over hero soldier insults

By Megan Levy
Updated November 10 2012 - 5:09am, first published February 28 2012 - 10:12pm
Backlash ... Yumi Stynes and The Circle co-host Gorgi Coghlan.
Backlash ... Yumi Stynes and The Circle co-host Gorgi Coghlan.
Taking a dip .... Pictures of a shirtless Ben Roberts-Smith prompted the comments.
Taking a dip .... Pictures of a shirtless Ben Roberts-Smith prompted the comments.

The co-host of Channel Ten program The Circle has publicly apologised for making a sexist and disrespectful comment about Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith, saying she had never met the Australian war hero and ‘‘felt sick’’ at the angry backlash she had received after branding him brainless.

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