2023-08-21 00:25:00
While the selected champion of the Women’s World Cup He was celebrating his first drink, a strange gesture caught the attention of all the spectators. When he delivered the medal to the Spanish forward Jenni Beautifulthe president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, gave him an unexpected kiss on the mouthfollowing hugging her tightly.
In a live Instagram from the locker room, Hermoso commented on the fact between laughs and clarified: “Hey, but I didn’t like it”. In addition, although the episode caused rejection and two Spanish ministers publicly repudiated the kiss and defined it as “sexual violence”, the player came out to clarify that it was “a mutual gesture of friendship and gratitude”.
Jenni Hermoso’s first reaction
In the live broadcast carried out by the forward player of the Spanish national team, the group can be seen celebrating with loud music, food, champagne and beers. With the camera pointed at her face, she is heard asking regarding the kiss and exclaims: “Eh, but I didn’t like it”, between laughs. Then he gave context and said: “But what do I do? Look at me”.
After the video went viral, the Spanish Ministers of Equality, Irene Monteroand Social Rights and Agenda 2023, Ione Herbcriticized the kiss that Luis Rubiales gave Hermoso on the mouth following winning the World Cup and have crossed out the gesture of “sexual violence”.
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“Let’s not take for granted that giving a kiss without consent it’s something that ‘happens’. It is a form of sexual violence that women suffer on a daily basis and up to now invisible, and that we can’t normalize. It is the task of the whole society. Consent in the center. only yes is yes“, published on the social network X (exTwitter) the Minister of Equality.
Along the same lines and sharing this last tweet, Belarra expressed herself: “What we all think, If they do that with all of Spain watching, what won’t they do in private?. Sexual violence once morest women has to end. A hug to the Champions!” added the Minister of Social Rights.
The subsequent clarifications of Hermoso and Rubiales
The forward of the Spanish soccer team, Jenni Hermoso, downplayed the kiss given to him by the president of the Royal Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, at the medal ceremony following winning the World Cup this Sunday. He defined it as a “totally spontaneous mutual gesture”, “of friendship and gratitude”.
“It was a totally spontaneous mutual gesture for the immense joy of winning a World Cup. The president and I have a great relationship, His behavior with all of us has been outstanding and it was a natural gesture of affection and gratitude.“, Hermoso stated in statements provided by the Federation led by Rubiales.
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The world champion wanted to clarify her position regarding the fact of harassment with a request: “You cannot go around a gesture of friendship and gratitude anymore, we have won a World Cup and we are not going to deviate from what is important,” she added.
For his part, Rubiales asked: “Let’s not pay attention to the idiots. A peak of two friends celebrating something, with everything that has happened, more fools, no. We are going to enjoy the good and don’t even tell me things regarding losers who don’t know how to see the positive,” said the man in communication with COPE.
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