Situations are not equivalent. Dannon is not a monopoly, nor is this the guy's primary job, but even so I haven't heard his own explanation and the comments seem kind of mild.
I think he might have miscommunicated what his point was. Empirically, what he said may be true. It's funny (odd) to see a woman interviewing about a technical sports question dominated by men and his point may have been that he welcomed it. Who knows without asking him? To conclude automatically that it was disparaging might be jumping.
So, I think the problem is one of sensitivity and it was a teachable moment that failed to teach. So, he might be asked how he would feel if he were in those same shoes as her and someone said, "It's funny to see a Black man as a quarterback." Would he be taken aback at first? Proper response might be "Sorry, I didn't mean it to come out that way. What I meant is that it's uncommon and I think it's great."
He could have learned something and apologized. Dannon could have been more forgiving about it, if so.
On the other hand, without his explanation, I also cannot be sure he wasn't being disparaging, saying it was humorous because of the inherent qualities and characteristics that make womanhood etc...,
