CONTROVERSY ALERT!

Channel Seven "personality" and high achieving showbiz midget Grant Denyer made a big mistake this morning whilst speaking to NOVA969's Merrick and Rosso when he described his post Logies exhaustion as being akin to having sex with a black man.

In response to a question about his condition after the Logies, Denyer, who hosts Seven's It Takes Two show, said he had slept for only two hours after the awards night.

"So it was a big old day … let me say I'm feeling like I had sex with a black man right now," he said.

Denyer made another reference to his sexual analogy at the end of the segment, saying "I'll be the host who looks like he's been riding a horse for a week."

We had no idea the Logies after parties were such anal sex fests, but there you go.

Opposition multicultural spokesman Laurie Ferguson said the comments were deplorable and could be referred to the Australian broadcasting watchdog ACMA. "The station should have cut him off immediately," he said. "Basically this guy should go back to reading the weather."

\Anti-homophobia activist Simon Biber said the comments reflected a popular myth about the size of black men's penises, and were both sexist and racist.

"It's homophobic but the racial slur is more serious, appealing as it does to a stereotype," he said. "It's harmful, but unfortunately it's not uncommon."

Spokesman for the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby Ghassan Kassieh said the comment reinforced a stereotype of black men as aggressive and predatory. "This is a totally unacceptable comment, and should never have been made on air," he said.

As one of our colleagues pointed out, it's interesting to note that no one appears outraged or surprised with Denyer's revelation of equine intercourse, but perhaps the RSPCA has simply been too busy to weigh into the furore.

Listen to Grant's comments yourself here.

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