Robbie Williams has stated that he was justified in his decision to perform at Qatar World Cup. “hypocritical”It is not.
It comes as Qatar is being accused of sportswashing, 6,500 migrant worker fatalities, unacceptable attitudes towards LGBTQ+ rights, modern slavery claims, and other ill-informed actions. Other problems.
The 48-year-old spoke out il VenerdiThe magazine is called. la Repubblica newspaper, saying: “I don’t condone any abuses of human rights anywhere.”
“However, if we don’t condone human rights violations anywhere, then I wouldn’t be able even to cook in my kitchen.”
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He stated that “anyone who leaves messages saying “no to Qatar” are using Chinese technology. It would be hypocritical for me not to go [to Qatar]Because of the places I have been to.
The singer shared his thoughts about the upcoming tournamentAndreas Rentz/Getty Images
“I think that the hypocrisy there is that if we take that case in this place, we need to apply that unilaterally to the world… Then if we apply that unilaterally to the world, nobody can go anywhere.”
His comments didn’t seem to go down well with social media users afterwards, with one saying: “Tell the truth, no need to wrap it up in a story.”
A second: “Just be honest and say the money was too good to pass up.”
Another: “Robbie Williams appearing to say he commits human rights abuses in his kitchen has really cracked me up.”
One last joke: “What human rights has he been abusing his own kitchen then.”
The Qatar World Cup opens today (November 20), with the opening ceremony happening shortly before Qatar vs Equador.
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