Peloton sorry after instructor quotes ‘liver of a blasphemous Jew’ in live workout – Jewish News

Posted By on December 1, 2021

Peloton has apologised after one of its instructors referred to liver of blaspheming Jew during a live workout.

The company which streams fitness classes online said sorry over the incident involving trainer Christine DErcole, confirming the class had been removed from its library.

During a clip sent to Jewish News, DErcole used a line from William Shakespeares Macbeth, referring to the liver of blaspheming Jew .

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A Peloton spokesperson: Pelotons aim is to strengthen, support and uplift our diverse community and sometimes we fall short of that goal.

We apologise that during one of our classes an Instructor quoted a Shakespeare passage that included an antisemitic line.

This was a mistake and the class has been removed from our library.

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