KATE ABDO'S boyfriend revealed he "plans on marrying her" as he spoke out on her awkward exchange with CBS co-star Jamie Carragher.
Trainer Malik Scott says Abdo getting "irritated" by Carragher's misfiring joke about her loyalty is "what really got to me".
Scott reckons it's "not the first time" the Liverpool legend has erred.
He warned he would call Carra if needed - and if he got no answer would "show up in a physical manner so we can talk like men".
But Scott gushed about being "very much in love" with Kate and called the presenter the "Michael Jordan of broadcasting".
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He told Lord Ping she is "one of the best human beings I've come across in this life".
Abdo won plaudits from fans and pundits with her clever put-down of colleague Carragher following his comments.
And Scott said: "It was a very minute thing, but her being irritated by it a little bit is what really got to me.
"Him just saying it and being that guy who always makes those picking at you jokes wasn't really a big deal to me at all. It's only a big deal if Kate is upset.
"If Kate gets upset then it's a really big deal to me and I'll give him a call and if he doesn't pick up my call, then I'll show up in a physical manner so we can talk like men, so that's not something you should continue to do.
"But I think Jamie apologised, not just to Kate but to the team, and one thing you can't do is knock a man who admits he was wrong.
"In that regard I have high respect for him."
Scott added: "I'm very much in love with her and I plan on marrying her, so the thing that happened with Jamie, it's a part of the job,
"But it's not the first time he's said something out the way like that, but it's the first time he said something in reference to possibly disturbing a household or disturbing a couple's chemistry."