Manchester City radio presenters sacked for making offensive Jackie Chan jokes while putting on Chinese accents during podcast
- Mike McClean and Nigel Clucas are condemned by the Premier League club for performing skits of stereotypically racist Chinese accents
- The pair claim during their podcast that City’s aeroplane to China was delayed because there wasn’t any Jackie Chan movies on board
Manchester City have strongly condemned the behaviour of two radio presenters who allegedly performed racist Jackie Chan jokes and Chinese accent impressions on their podcast.
The Premier League champions said in a statement that the two radio presenters, Mike McClean and Nigel Clucas, would no longer be retained by the club after the pair allegedly adopted a “Mr Wong” persona during their podcast as they discussed why City’s plane was grounded for two days on their recent tour to China.
City were supposed to have flown out to Nanjing on July 14 but arrived in China only a day before they played West Ham United in Nanjing on July 17.
The triple domestic champions also played games in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Yokohama in Japan.
City’s aeroplane had been grounded for two days because of an administration error – their plane was refused air space – and the two radio hosts, who support matchday events and are dedicated to the club, claimed during the podcast that the club’s plane was twice cancelled because they didn’t have any Hong Kong martial arts legend Jackie Chan films on the flight.