At an international conference, noble scientist Tim Hunt called female scientists love-hungry and cry babies.

He complained that female scientists cry and make male colleagues fall in love with them. He said, “Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab. You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you and when you criticize them, they cry”.

Tim was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2001. He was awarded the prize for 10 alongside Lee Hartwell and Paul Nurse for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle. The renowned scientist addressed complaints about women in a room full of high-ranking scientists and science journalists Wednesday.

In his speech, 72-year-old scientist addressed that scientists should work in gender-segregated labs. He mentioned that he did not want to stand in the way of women.

His comments were reported to the paper by Connie St Louis, a science journalism lecturer at City University, London.

On Wednesday, Hunt spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today program and apologized for any offence. He said that he meant the remarks to be humorous but he did mean the part about having trouble with girls.

He mentioned that he has fallen in love with people in the lab and people have also fallen in love with him. According to him, it’s very disruptive to science.