God, you pipe up with one reasonable question about weightlifting, something your average Australian has probably been gagging to ask but was too afraid of being ridiculed (and rightly so, it seems, mores the pity), and those judgemental bastards over at the Daily Telegraph begin using words like "clanger" and "faux pas" in their article about the incident like they're going out of style.

Sonia Kruger may have found her feet on the TV variety dance floor but the ballroom blonde showed her roots while on assignment at the Beijing Olympics yesterday.

 

Chatting on Seven's talkfest yum cha, Kruger was discussing the finer points of weightlifting with Rebecca Wilson and host Andrew Daddo when she dropped a clanger.

"I have a question about the weightlifting," she inquired. "Does the 48 kilogram division mean they weigh 48kg or that they lift 48kg?"

I'VE OFTEN WONDERED THE SAME THING, SONIA. NO, REALLY.

A gob-smacked Wilson, who knows her sport, pulled on her best poker face, to dance around around the faux pas.

For the record, it means they weigh 48kg.

i. I would like to point out that Rebecca Wilson, she who allegedly "knows her sport", didn't actually ANSWER the stupid question. And this somehow proves that she knows more than Sonia? Please. If not answering questions correctly about sport means it should be assumed you know the right answers but choose not to say them aloud lest you appear to be showing off in front of the lesser informed, then sign me up for The Einstein Factor under the topic "Sport - General - Since The Beginning Of Time". I'll dazzle them, Rebecca Wilson style.

ii. "For the record, it means they weigh 48kg." - no need to sound snooty, guys. You totally Googled that.

So there's no confusion, Defamer Australia would like to wholeheartedly state that we could not support Sonia Kruger more when it comes to this matter. In fact, as a general rule for the future, always assume we've got Tina Sparkle's back. You know how close we all are.

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