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| Sports presenter Gabby Logan has told how she was once reprimanded by a BBC boss for wearing a pair of high-heeled boots and asked to dress as if she was "doing the dishes". | Sports presenter Gabby Logan has told how she was once reprimanded by a BBC boss for wearing a pair of high-heeled boots and asked to dress as if she was "doing the dishes". |
| The former international gymnast, who was one of the BBC's main presenters at last year's London Olympics, is one of the few female faces in TV sports coverage. | The former international gymnast, who was one of the BBC's main presenters at last year's London Olympics, is one of the few female faces in TV sports coverage. |
| "A boss at the BBC once told me that I was too glamorous and pointed to my high-heeled boots," Logan told Radio Times. "I said: 'I've just come from a radio show, it's what I wear'. He said: 'You don't wear them when you do the dishes, do you?'" | "A boss at the BBC once told me that I was too glamorous and pointed to my high-heeled boots," Logan told Radio Times. "I said: 'I've just come from a radio show, it's what I wear'. He said: 'You don't wear them when you do the dishes, do you?'" |
| Logan said: "Does he want me to look like I'm doing the dishes? I'm not here to look like a housewife. | Logan said: "Does he want me to look like I'm doing the dishes? I'm not here to look like a housewife. |
| "If I'm at home in my pyjamas I want to see something a bit more aspirational on TV. It's right that people on primetime look after their appearance." | "If I'm at home in my pyjamas I want to see something a bit more aspirational on TV. It's right that people on primetime look after their appearance." |
| Logan's comments come at a sensitive time for the corporation in the wake of presenter John Inverdale's remarks about Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, saying she was "never going to be a looker". | |
| The culture secretary, Maria Miller, wrote to the BBC's director general, Tony Hall, over the issue, although the corporation has since said it considers the matter closed. | The culture secretary, Maria Miller, wrote to the BBC's director general, Tony Hall, over the issue, although the corporation has since said it considers the matter closed. |
| Logan, who will present a new Saturday night panel game on BBC1, I Love My Country, next month, was also critical of her former employer Sky Sports's attitude to women. | Logan, who will present a new Saturday night panel game on BBC1, I Love My Country, next month, was also critical of her former employer Sky Sports's attitude to women. |
| Logan worked at Sky for two years in the 1990s, where she said she was told by one boss that if she was not presenting football by the time she was 27, she never would. | Logan worked at Sky for two years in the 1990s, where she said she was told by one boss that if she was not presenting football by the time she was 27, she never would. |
| "The girls are basically wearing a leotard while the bloke's in a suit and a tie," Logan said of the satellite broadcaster's channel, Sky Sports News. | "The girls are basically wearing a leotard while the bloke's in a suit and a tie," Logan said of the satellite broadcaster's channel, Sky Sports News. |
| "It's fine if they're given a career path, but there have never been any big breakthrough women on Sky. We all have to go to other places." | "It's fine if they're given a career path, but there have never been any big breakthrough women on Sky. We all have to go to other places." |
| Logan, the daughter of former Wales footballer and manager Terry Yorath, said when she began her career at Metro Radio in Newcastle that she was told to wear "one of my shorter skirts" on the touchline to help her get interviews at Newcastle United's St James' Park ground. | Logan, the daughter of former Wales footballer and manager Terry Yorath, said when she began her career at Metro Radio in Newcastle that she was told to wear "one of my shorter skirts" on the touchline to help her get interviews at Newcastle United's St James' Park ground. |
| "I used to wear quite short skirts and they'd say, 'Oh here comes the girl with the belt on," Logan told the TV listings magazine. | "I used to wear quite short skirts and they'd say, 'Oh here comes the girl with the belt on," Logan told the TV listings magazine. |
| "I must say, though, I was always wearing opaque tights. If I'd just gone off and slept with the star player, they'd have said, 'See, that's what happens when girls report on sport'. | "I must say, though, I was always wearing opaque tights. If I'd just gone off and slept with the star player, they'd have said, 'See, that's what happens when girls report on sport'. |
| "But because I wasn't interested in dating David Ginola, they were OK about it and gave me more responsibility." | "But because I wasn't interested in dating David Ginola, they were OK about it and gave me more responsibility." |
| Logan, who recently turned 40, said it was now the "best time to be getting old" with more older women on screen in the wake of Miriam O'Reilly's landmark tribunal win against the BBC in 2011 after she was dropped by BBC1's Countryfile. | Logan, who recently turned 40, said it was now the "best time to be getting old" with more older women on screen in the wake of Miriam O'Reilly's landmark tribunal win against the BBC in 2011 after she was dropped by BBC1's Countryfile. |
| But the presenter said there was still a long way to go. "Bruce Forsyth presents Strictly Come Dancing aged 85," she said. "I might try to flip it all on its head. We'll know we've come a long way when an 80-year-old woman is presenting next to a 40-year-old man." | But the presenter said there was still a long way to go. "Bruce Forsyth presents Strictly Come Dancing aged 85," she said. "I might try to flip it all on its head. We'll know we've come a long way when an 80-year-old woman is presenting next to a 40-year-old man." |
| • This article was amended on 23 July 2013 to correct the spelling of Marion Bartoli's name. |