Gay former NRL player Casey Conway has labelled Anthony Mundine a ‘vile human’ after he appeared to support the death penalty for homosexuality.
The sportsman-turned-model took to social media on Friday to blast the 42-year-old for his ‘disgraceful’ comments made after leaving the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ jungle.
Mundine suggested capital punishment is the only way to deter homosexuality, which he said should be ‘behind closed doors, how it used to be’.
Conway slammed the boxer, posting to Twitter: ‘Anthony Mundine is a vile human and his comments should be condemned.
Gay former NRL player Casey Conway (pictured) labelled Anthony Mundine a ‘vile human’ after he appeared to support the death penalty for homosexuality
The sportsman-turned-model took to social media on Friday to blast the 42-year-old (pictured) for his ‘disgraceful’ comments made after leaving the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ jungle
Mundine suggested capital punishment is the only way to deter homosexuality, which he said should be ‘behind closed doors, how it used to be’
Conway – a proud Indigenous Australian and activist for the LGBTI community – also denounced his use of Aboriginal culture as an example in his rant.
‘Using our culture as a basis for his harmful opinions is disgraceful.
‘Women and LGBTI people are your equal Anthony, you’re not better than anyone. Educate yourself.’
Mundine’s apparent endorsement of the death penalty for gay people came after he lasted less than two weeks in the African jungle.
‘If we were to live in a society, just like in Aboriginal culture, that homosexuality is forbidden and you do it and the consequences are capital punishment or death, you think you are going to do it? Or think twice about doing it?’ he told the Daily Telegraph.
Conway slammed the boxer, posting to Twitter: ‘Anthony Mundine is a vile human and his comments should be condemned
The father then said paedophiles should be hanged to ‘see if they have the balls to do it again’.
After he was asked to clarify whether he thought gay people should be executed, he told the paper he meant ‘the paedophiles mainly’.
He added: ‘They are not going to be happy until they have primary school kids being gay.
‘If you are going to be gay, do it behind closed doors, that is how it used to be.’
Conway (pictured) – a proud Indigenous Australian and activist for the LGBTI community – also denounced his use of Aboriginal culture as an example in his rant
Mundine’s apparent endorsement of the death penalty for gay people came after he lasted less than two weeks in the African jungle
Former Sydney Roosters player Conway (pictured) came out publicly as gay following his 2005 retirement
Conway said Mundine’s views on the LGBTI community and women are ‘out of touch’.
He also said Aboriginal culture and teachings don’t reflect his ‘harmful’ views.
‘I’d love to know what his basis is in aligning our richly diverse culture to his personal opinions of homosexuality. This is far from my personal experience and that of many other indigenous LGBTI mobs,’ Conway told News.com.au.
‘We have our struggles of acceptance the same way that many others from any cultural background but to attribute his opinions to Aboriginal culture is ridiculous and unfounded.’
The former Sydney Roosters player came out publicly as gay following his 2005 retirement.