{"id":191381,"date":"2024-06-20T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/20\/son-heung-min-confirms-rodrigo-bentancur-apology-over-racial-slur\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T14:17:02","slug":"son-heung-min-confirms-rodrigo-bentancur-apology-over-racial-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/20\/son-heung-min-confirms-rodrigo-bentancur-apology-over-racial-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"Son Heung-min confirms Rodrigo Bentancur apology over racial slur \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Son Heung-min has accepted an apology from Tottenham Hotspur teammate Rodrigo Bentancur after the Uruguay international made a racial slur against Asian people during an interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bentancur laughed that he would not be able to tell the difference between Son and his cousin as \u201cThey all look the same\u201d, and his comments were quickly condemned as the clip went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder apologised\u00a0for what he described as a \u201cvery bad joke\u201d and Son has confirmed the pair have spoken and are now keen to move on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spoken with Lolo (Bentancur). He made a mistake, he knows this and has apologised,\u201d Son said in a statement. \u201cLolo would not mean to ever intentionally say something offensive. We are brothers and nothing has changed at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re past this, we\u2019re united and we will be back together in pre-season to fight for our club as one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham\u00a0posted their own statement on social media, saying: \u201cFollowing a comment from Rodrigo Bentancur in an interview video clip and the player\u2019s subsequent public apology, the Club has been providing assistance in ensuring a positive outcome on the matter. This will include further education for all players in line with our diversity, equality and inclusion objectives.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01j0tjq6aqcpx8ca71ee.jpg\" alt=\"Rodrigo Bentancur\" title=\"Rodrigo Bentancur\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Bentancur described his comments as a \u2018very bad joke\u2019 \/ Julian Finney\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe fully support that our captain Sonny feels that he can draw a line under the incident and that the team can focus on the new season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely proud of our diverse, global fanbase and playing squads. Discrimination of any kind has no place at our Club, within our game or within wider society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anti-discriminatory charity Kick It Out confirmed it had received a number of complaints about Bentancur\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt highlights a wider issue that heavily affects East Asian and wider communities,\u201d the group said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be seeking to address these broader issues in the coming season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Son Heung-min has accepted an apology from Tottenham Hotspur teammate Rodrigo Bentancur after the Uruguay international made a racial slur against Asian people during an interview. Bentancur laughed that he would not be able to tell the difference between Son and his cousin as \u201cThey all look the same\u201d, and his comments were quickly condemned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Son Heung-min confirms Rodrigo Bentancur apology over racial slur \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/20\/son-heung-min-confirms-rodrigo-bentancur-apology-over-racial-slur\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Son Heung-min confirms Rodrigo Bentancur apology over racial slur \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Son Heung-min has accepted an apology from Tottenham Hotspur teammate Rodrigo Bentancur after the Uruguay international made a racial slur against Asian people during an interview. 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