What's the Crack with Wavy (Gary O'Brien)?
Gary O’Brien, better known online as Wavy, has made it clear that he finds the label “paedophile” deeply offensive. He has stated as much publicly. Yet the same man has repeatedly referred to others—including myself, Matt Taylor and Justin P—as “bacons.” In certain circles, “bacon” is slang for a sex offender. The contrast is hard to ignore. Someone who strongly objects to being called a paedophile appears comfortable applying the equivalent insult to other people. This raises an obvious question about consistency. It also feeds into a persistent rumour that has circulated about O’Brien for some time: that he once served a lengthy prison sentence. Some versions of the story put the term at 17 years. Others suggest the figure may be exaggerated and that something closer to seven years is more plausible. The nature of any alleged offence is rarely specified with precision in the gossip, but the implication that runs through the rumour is that it involved sexual offences. If t...
