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Model Tahan Lew-Fatt defends boyfriend over ‘pussy wagon’ slur
OCTOBER 12, 20152:05PM
Cameron Tomarchio
news.com.au
MODEL Tahan Lew-Fatt has gone one step further than just throwing support behind her V8 Supercar driver boyfriend David Reynolds in the wake of his controversial “pussy wagon” slur during the Bathurst 1000.
Reynolds made headlines around the country when he used the derogatory term towards the all-women pairing of Renee Gracie and Simona de Silvestro in the Great Race.
The 30-year-old was fined $25,000 for the inappropriate remark, and former Big Brother runner-up Lew-Fatt has spoken out in defence of her beau.
“Ok so whoever has seen the news re my gorgeous ‘apparently sexist’ boyfriend David Reynolds he made an off handed comment that wasn’t even mean!!” Lew-Fatt claimed on Facebook.
She then went on to paint a picture of a man who would do anything for his girl.
“My boyfriend is the furthest from sexist ... He makes me breakfast every morning and cooks me dinner every night and pretty sure he is the only one who cleans.”
Tahan Lew-Fatt says Reynolds makes breakfast and dinner every day.Source:Facebook
Lew-Fatt asked for money to be donated towards Reynolds’ fine.Source:Instagram
Lew-Fatt went as far as to suggest people should donate money to help Reynolds pay off his hefty debt, and that he had requested the money be donated to a women’s empowerment charity.
“If anyone and anyone can donate towards the 25k fine that would be greatly appreciated he has requested that the V8’s donate the money towards some sort of woman empowerment charity!!” Lew-Fatt continued.
“Even if you can donate $1 that would make a difference.”
Gracie and de Silvestro were up against it from the start, branded a million to one shot to finish the race by legend Dick Johnson.
Gracie fired back at the time with: “Dick Johnson hasn’t finished heaps of races so he can’t talk,” but her comments would come back to bite her as she crashed into the wall at Mount Panorama on Sunday.
David Reynolds and Tahan Lew-Fatt.Source:News Corp Australia
Renee Gracie was livid after finding the wall.Source:News Corp Australia
The incident was caused by a slide on spilled fluid on the track on lap 15 of 161, but Gracie could not hide her disappointment in the garage, fighting back tears.
“There was bloody fluid on the road and I’m in the wall. I’m so sorry,” Gracie told race engineer Paul Ceprnich on the team radio after the incident.
“I’m coming back to the pits now. The steering’s stuffed.”
She added later: “It’s a bit disappointing. We were off to a great start, had a great strategy and I caught the guys pretty quickly.
“But unfortunately I was the first who caught the oil and found the wall.”
It appeared as though their race was over, but the Ford surprisingly made its way back onto the track within a 55-lap deadline, drawing huge applause in the team garage.
Reynolds turned around the controversial start to the week by first apologising for the slur and then winning pole on Saturday. He joked with reporters after qualifying that they should from now on refer to him as “David ‘No Comment’ Reynolds’”.
He finished sixth on Sunday.
