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Would You Go Gay to Win the Bowl?

Would You Go Gay to Win the Bowl?

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Super Bowl media day interviews are notoriously silly. But a Dallas-area sports radio reporter shocked a Time magazine journalist when she asked a player for the Green Bay Packers if he would go gay to win the big game.

Time magazine's News Feed reporter Sean Gregory says he had to watch the reporter conduct several interviews to confirm he'd heard the question correctly. He says the reporter (whom he doesn't name) for 105.3 The FAN asked also asked a player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, "Who has the biggest wiener on the team?"

Later she asked the player who his favorite celebrity was. When he said, "Denzel Washington," she asked if he would "hook up" with Denzel in exchange for a Super Bowl ring.

She continued by asking the player if he would "French-kiss" his father for a million dollars and implored him to "describe a vagina."

The players didn't offer much in the way of sound bites, according to Gregory, who calls the line of questioning a "new media day low."

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