Martin Solveig Apologizes After Uproar From Awkward Twerk Request of Female Award Winner

 

Martin Solveig Apologizes

The French veteran DJ by the identify Martin Solveig has been going through heavy criticism the previous day on-line, after asking Ada Hegerberg, the winner the primary ever ladies’s Ballon d’Or, to “twerk” on stage. Solveig, who was chosen to co-host the coveted award ceremony in Paris, requested the Norwegian footballer – who scored 15 targets for Lyon this yr within the Champions League – if she “knew how you can twerk” in celebration moments after she gained the landmark award .

Hegerberg awkwardly replied with a easy “no”.

Criticism Solveig’s inappropriate comment unfold like wildfire on-line throughout all social media platforms with many claiming that he had ruined a major second in Hegerberg’s life.

The French DJ took to Twitter to challenge an apology assertion:

Hegerberg later spoke on the problem, saying that she accepted his apology.
“He got here to me afterwards and as actually unhappy that it went that manner,” she mentioned. “I didn’t actually take into account it sexual harassment or something within the second. I used to be simply comfortable to do the dance and win the Ballon d’Or.”

Solveig additionally in a while tweeted a photograph the pair smiling collectively backstage after the incident:
“I defined to @AdaStolsmo the thrill and she or he instructed me she understood it was a joke,” he wrote. “Nevertheless my apologies to anybody who could have been fended. Most importantly congratulations to Ada.”


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