The comedian Jerry Lewis, who made an antigay comment a year ago during his annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, has done it again

After a news conference in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, a reporter asked Mr. Lewis his opinion of cricket, a popular sport in Australia. Mr. Lewis responded: “Oh, cricket? It’s a fag game,” and mimed swinging a cricket bat effeminately.

The Australian channel Network Ten broadcast the comment and footage of the gesture during a telecast that night.

his spokeswoman in Australia, Julie Cavanagh, said he did not intend to comment on this latest episode. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Australian Coalition for Equality called for an apology.

Mr. Lewis is in Australia performing a stage show involving a retrospective look at his career.