Andrew Symonds is at fault himself

[Jono]

Yeah agreed.

Have no idea why some fellow Indian fans have tried to defend the crowd's actions here. Would we be doing the same thing if monkey chants and what not had been made at Zaheer Khan in Australia? Or Sreesanth?

We'd be outraged, just as what happened when Gibbs made that comment that was caught on the stump mic.

 

[sideshowtim]

Yeah agreed.

Have no idea why some fellow Indian fans have tried to defend the crowd's actions here. Would we be doing the same thing if monkey chants and what not had been made at Zaheer Khan in Australia? Or Sreesanth?

We'd be outraged, just as what happened when Gibbs made that comment that was caught on the stump mic.

Exactly.

Poor form by some Indian fans here. Accept that there has been crowd problems, that there is indeed at least a small issue with racism in India, and hope your cricket board takes proactive measures to ensure things like this don't happen again.

Australian fans had no problems doing all of the above when there was racism in our crowds recently, so I don't see why some of you can't either.

 

[honestbharani]

I am not an expert on India. I am not an expert on Luxembourg either but I can guarantee you that racism has existed there in some shape or form. Trying to deny the existence of ANY racism at all in any country is just ignorant. Absolutely ignorant.

Animal insults may be quite common in India, but Symonds seemed to be the only Australian team member to be the target of them, and they were constantly the SAME animal. This isn't a conicidence. This is racism. Even look in the cricbuzz chats when games are on. I've seen Symonds described as monkey, ****** and so forth on there by Indian fans. And caste and colour 'bias' is just a nice word for racism. If I say black people suck, that's a colour bias. It's still racism.

Again, if ur claim to knowledge abt Indian fans is cricbuzz, Lord help you.


And no, if your only defence against anyone who questions how you racism existed in India is by calling them ignorant, it only shows how ignorant YOU are.


And thirdly, monkey chants are extremely common in India. I do share SJS' sentiments on this and as I said, if it is taken as emotively offensive to a particular player, that should not be done on a cricket ground and therefore, action should be taken by the Indian authorities to weed this out, regardless of how much Symonds is bringing it upon himself.


And, btw, u do realize that the so called MORONS captured on a photograph by an Aussie cameraman is a MYTH? or is taking out your bias for a few seconds a little too difficult for you?

 

[sideshowtim]

Again, if ur claim to knowledge abt Indian fans is cricbuzz, Lord help you.


And no, if your only defence against anyone who questions how you racism existed in India is by calling them ignorant, it only shows how ignorant YOU are.


And thirdly, monkey chants are extremely common in India. I do share SJS' sentiments on this and as I said, if it is taken as emotively offensive to a particular player, that should not be done on a cricket ground and therefore, action should be taken by the Indian authorities to weed this out, regardless of how much Symonds is bringing it upon himself.


And, btw, u do realize that the so called MORONS captured on a photograph by an Aussie cameraman is a MYTH? or is taking out your bias for a few seconds a little too difficult for you?

Oh for Gods sake. Stop trying to defend the bloody idiots in the crowd, who were, as is accepted by 99% of rational thinking human beings, making racist taunts towards Andrew Symonds. The only one showing bias in this situation is you I'm afraid. You're defending India no matter what they're doing here. You should be like all the other Indian fans on here and acknowledge the problem of racism amongst some Indian fans and hope your cricket board takes measures to fix it.

And thirdly, monkey chants are extremely common in India. I do share SJS' sentiments on this and as I said, if it is taken as emotively offensive to a particular player, that should not be done on a cricket ground and therefore, action should be taken by the Indian authorities to weed this out, regardless of how much Symonds is bringing it upon himself.

Oh give me a break.

 

[honestbharani]

Exactly.

Poor form by some Indian fans here. Accept that there has been crowd problems, that there is indeed at least a small issue with racism in India, and hope your cricket board takes proactive measures to ensure things like this don't happen again.

Australian fans had no problems doing all of the above when there was racism in our crowds recently, so I don't see why some of you can't either.

why should we accept that there WAS racism in India when there hasn't been?


And here are a few things that you can do:

Accept the fact that the problems happening are not just because of Indian supporters
Accept the fact that your media and players are blowing it out of proportion
Accept the fact that regardless of how well he has played, Symonds has been the biggest jerk on this tour.
Accept the fact that racism has never existed in India and it doesn't now.
Accept the fact that the authorities in ANY country, be it India or Australia, will be defensive about bad crowd behaviour in their country.

And above all, accept the fact that almost NONE of the Indian fans here have been as biased as you seem to think they are or at least as biased as you yourself are....

 

[honestbharani]

Oh for Gods sake. Stop trying to defend the bloody idiots in the crowd, who were, as is accepted by 99% of rational thinking human beings, making racist taunts towards Andrew Symonds. The only one showing bias in this situation is you I'm afraid. You're defending India no matter what they're doing here. You should be like all the other Indian fans on here and acknowledge the problem of racism amongst some Indian fans and hope your cricket board takes measures to fix it.


Oh give me a break.

give ME a break.


When was I defending anyone? Making monkey noises is just not on in a cricket ground, whether it was meant in a racist or non-racist way. Just because you have an issue accepting the fact that racism doesn't exist in India, doesn't mean everyone has to accept that.

RAcism doesn't exist in India.
The monkey chants are never meant in the same racist manner in India as it MAY be elsewhere in the world.
Monkey noises are an emotive issue to Andrew Symonds
Therefore, Regardless of how it was meant, the idiots doing that have to be dealt with firmly.


That is my view on this issue.

 

[sideshowtim]

why should we accept that there WAS racism in India when there hasn't been?


And here are a few things that you can do:

Accept the fact that the problems happening are not just because of Indian supporters
Accept the fact that your media and players are blowing it out of proportion
Accept the fact that regardless of how well he has played, Symonds has been the biggest jerk on this tour.
Accept the fact that racism has never existed in India and it doesn't now.
Accept the fact that the authorities in ANY country, be it India or Australia, will be defensive about bad crowd behaviour in their country.

And above all, accept the fact that almost NONE of the Indian fans here have been as biased as you seem to think they are or at least as biased as you yourself are....

Grrr....Racism. Exists. In. Every. Bloody. Country. In. Some. Shape. Or. Form.

Am I the only one who agrees with this?! How can anyone say that in a country of over 1 billion people there is NOT ONE RACIST? Not one racist attitude has ever been expressed in this nation? We have racist attitudes caught on camera within the last 2 days!!!!

And here are a few things that you can do:

Accept the fact that the problems happening are not just because of Indian supporters
Accept the fact that your media and players are blowing it out of proportion
Accept the fact that regardless of how well he has played, Symonds has been the biggest jerk on this tour.
Accept the fact that racism has never existed in India and it doesn't now.
Accept the fact that the authorities in ANY country, be it India or Australia, will be defensive about bad crowd behaviour in their country.

And above all, accept the fact that almost NONE of the Indian fans here have been as biased as you seem to think they are or at least as biased as you yourself are....

1. Yes, they are. No one brings racial abuse upon themselves. End of story.
2. Media from everywhere in the world blows things out of proportion all the time, this isn't any different, but I don't see what that has to do with anything
3. Jerk? If stating facts is being a jerk then maybe. He's played hard, but fair. And no more of a 'jerk' than SS and Bhaji have been.
4. You are pretty much the only person in the rational world who believes this
5. Not really, when it comes to racism at least. I felt CA took a pretty strong stance on it. BCCI's stance, in comparison has been poor.
6. Your stance on this issue shows your as bias as anyone. Most Indian fans on here aren't overly biased, that's right. I accept I have pretty strong biases, but yours are ridiculous. Even I was able to accept how dire our crowds were last Summer and that action needed to be taken.

7. Stop now. You will just continue to get owned.

 

[sideshowtim]

give ME a break.


When was I defending anyone? Making monkey noises is just not on in a cricket ground, whether it was meant in a racist or non-racist way. Just because you have an issue accepting the fact that racism doesn't exist in India, doesn't mean everyone has to accept that.

RAcism doesn't exist in India.
The monkey chants are never meant in the same racist manner in India as it MAY be elsewhere in the world.
Monkey noises are an emotive issue to Andrew Symonds
Therefore, Regardless of how it was meant, the idiots doing that have to be dealt with firmly.


That is my view on this issue.

When were you defending anyone?

Uh, you've pretty much been coming up with reasons as to why Symonds is to blame and the Indian fans are not for this whole incident. Then you've tried to write the incident off as not racist at all. You're definitely trying to defend the Indian nation, and Indian crowds.

Racism doesn't exist in India and never has. Oh boy. I repeat once again, not one racist opinion or thought has been expressed amongst billions of people over hundreds of years of the nation of India? It defies logic and common sense. Every country has race issues to some extent. Stop looking at India through rose tinted glasses mate. Racism exists in every country, or has existed in every country, in some shape or form, even in an incredibly minor form.

 

[honestbharani]

Grrr....Racism. Exists. In. Every. Bloody. Country. In. Some. Shape. Or. Form.

Am I the only one who agrees with this?! How can anyone say that in a country of over 1 billion people there is NOT ONE RACIST? Not one racist attitude has ever been expressed in this nation? We have racist attitudes caught on camera within the last 2 days!!!!



1. Yes, they are. No one brings racial abuse upon themselves. End of story.
2. Media from everywhere in the world blows things out of proportion all the time, this isn't any different, but I don't see what that has to do with anything
3. Jerk? If stating facts is being a jerk then maybe. He's played hard, but fair. And no more of a 'jerk' than SS and Bhaji have been.
4. You are pretty much the only person in the rational world who believes this
5. Not really, when it comes to racism at least. I felt CA took a pretty strong stance on it. BCCI's stance, in comparison has been poor.
6. Your stance on this issue shows your as bias as anyone. Most Indian fans on here aren't overly biased, that's right. I accept I have pretty strong biases, but yours are ridiculous. Even I was able to accept how dire our crowds were last Summer and that action needed to be taken.

7. Stop now. You will just continue to get owned.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... Australia. are. not. the. only. country. as surprising as it may seem to you.


Just because we have more than 1 billion people doesn't mean at least one has to be racist. There are more than 6 billion people across the world and not one of them follow the caste system... This is just like that, only you just don't wanna admit it.

And where is the stupid camera clip where you say it has been "oh so preciously' caught? May I see them? I am extremely doubtful as to whether you yourself has seen it yet, although of all people, you are the one I would back to see what doesn't exist.


1. The abuse may/may not have been racial from the perpetrators' point of view. And again, when you go around behaving like Symonds did, you are ASKING for abuse from the crowd. If some of it does get racial, obviously action needs to be taken. But weren't Ponting and Symonds whining about crowd behaviour in general as well, like him being booed? You don't think he brought it upon himself in that instance???


2. It has EVERYTHING to do with what we are discussing because you seem to have decided that whatever the Aussie media have reported is gospel, which it obviously isn't.

3. yes, he has been a jerk and so have Bhajji and SS. I never said otherwise.


4. Really? I guess for you, the rational world only consists of your own sweet self. How nice!!!

5. Pretty strong stance after how many years of inaction???? I am sure the BCCI would take a tough stand after a few years too.....


6. And I have said that our crowds have been angels? Did you even read my post about the digressing crowd behaviour in INdia in the tour thread? Of course what they did was wrong, but the fact is that you and the Aussie media and some in the Aussie team are trying their level best to make it seem worse than it is and that is what I am disputing.


7. hahahahaha.... I will let fellow posters decide who is getting owned and by whom.

 

[The Sean]

Gotta say I’m with the sideshow on this one. HB, you’re genuinely one of the nicest, friendliest posters on here but I think on this occasion you might be seeing things that aren’t there and – more importantly – not seeing things that are. Racism sadly exists in different forms and under different guises sometimes, and while what happened to Symonds may not be what you personally would necessarily call a racist act, from the point of view of much of the outside world it is, and quite a blatant at that.

I understand you being a little defensive here and it’s a natural reaction. What you have to remember mate is that we know you personally are not racist, and moreover no one here is claiming that Indians as a people are racist either. For my part I hate it when it is said that Australians are a racist people, because I honestly believe the overwhelming majority of us aren’t. Sadly that doesn’t mean that there aren’t those elements of society who missed the lessons on Cultural Sensitivity 101 and The A-Z of Good Human Beings and these dismal few have a tendency to reflect badly on us all.

It’s a disappointing reality, and one we all have an obligation to do everything we can to stop.

 

[honestbharani]

When were you defending anyone?

Uh, you've pretty much been coming up with reasons as to why Symonds is to blame and the Indian fans are not for this whole incident. Then you've tried to write the incident off as not racist at all. You're definitely trying to defend the Indian nation, and Indian crowds.

Racism doesn't exist in India and never has. Oh boy. I repeat once again, not one racist opinion or thought has been expressed amongst billions of people over hundreds of years of the nation of India? It defies logic and common sense. Every country has race issues to some extent. Stop looking at India through rose tinted glasses mate. Racism exists in every country, or has existed in every country, in some shape or form, even in an incredibly minor form.

yes, I don't think the crowds would have been so hostile to him had he not been such a jerk on this tour. That doesn't mean I think that the crowds were right and he was wrong. I said he was partly to blame for the sort of reactions he gets and about which he has complained, not the racist part...



And for the last time, not every country has the same problems. Your country and some others were divided by race and we were divided by caste and religion. Should I say that Australia have problems with the caste system as well? We never had racist issues because racism did not exist in India and you never had caste issues because the caste system never existed in Australia. Is that REALLY that difficult to comprehend?

 

[honestbharani]

Gotta say I’m with the sideshow on this one. HB, you’re genuinely one of the nicest, friendliest posters on here but I think on this occasion you might be seeing things that aren’t there and – more importantly – not seeing things that are. Racism sadly exists in different forms and under different guises sometimes, and while what happened to Symonds may not be what you personally would necessarily call a racist act, from the point of view of much of the outside world it is, and quite a blatant at that.

I understand you being a little defensive here and it’s a natural reaction. What you have to remember mate is that we know you personally are not racist, and moreover no one here is claiming that Indians as a people are racist either. For my part I hate it when it is said that Australians are a racist people, because I honestly believe the overwhelming majority of us aren’t. Sadly that doesn’t mean that there aren’t those elements of society who missed the lessons on Cultural Sensitivity 101 and The A-Z of Good Human Beings and these dismal few have a tendency to reflect badly on us all.

It’s a disappointing reality, and one we all have an obligation to do everything we can to stop.

not really mate. Look, all I am saying is that the crowd may not have meant it in the racist manner, simply because it is not something that goes on in India.

I have never, for a moment, doubted that it is an emotive issue for Aussies and that the perpetrators should just be thrown out of the stadium. I haven't said it, anywhere.

And the part when I mention about Symonds bringing it upon himself, is in reference to his and Ponting's complaints about getting booed.


And at the risk of repeating myself for the umpteenth time, Indians are not racist as long as you mean the sort of racism that has existed in the US and other countries. No sir, we are not. We were divided by other stuff and other forms of discrimination, which are equally bad, have existed but no, not racism. Again, I am amazed why it should be such an incredible notion to you guys. For my part, I never have a problem understanding why an Aussie doesn't know anything about the caste system, simply because I know it never existed in his country.


And thanks for the nice words, btw. I do think you are one the best, friendliest posters here as well.

 

[sideshowtim]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.... Australia. are. not. the. only. country. as surprising as it may seem to you.


Just because we have more than 1 billion people doesn't mean at least one has to be racist. There are more than 6 billion people across the world and not one of them follow the caste system... This is just like that, only you just don't wanna admit it.

And where is the stupid camera clip where you say it has been "oh so preciously' caught? May I see them? I am extremely doubtful as to whether you yourself has seen it yet, although of all people, you are the one I would back to see what doesn't exist.


1. The abuse may/may not have been racial from the perpetrators' point of view. And again, when you go around behaving like Symonds did, you are ASKING for abuse from the crowd. If some of it does get racial, obviously action needs to be taken. But weren't Ponting and Symonds whining about crowd behaviour in general as well, like him being booed? You don't think he brought it upon himself in that instance???


2. It has EVERYTHING to do with what we are discussing because you seem to have decided that whatever the Aussie media have reported is gospel, which it obviously isn't.

3. yes, he has been a jerk and so have Bhajji and SS. I never said otherwise.


4. Really? I guess for you, the rational world only consists of your own sweet self. How nice!!!

5. Pretty strong stance after how many years of inaction???? I am sure the BCCI would take a tough stand after a few years too.....


6. And I have said that our crowds have been angels? Did you even read my post about the digressing crowd behaviour in INdia in the tour thread? Of course what they did was wrong, but the fact is that you and the Aussie media and some in the Aussie team are trying their level best to make it seem worse than it is and that is what I am disputing.


7. hahahahaha.... I will let fellow posters decide who is getting owned and by whom.

Did a quick google search on 'racism india'. This was one of the first things that came up. Read this blog post:

http://www.shivamvij.com/2007/02/the-stain-that-just-wont-wash.html

Yes, not a single racist person in India's history. And I'm sure they were just calling him a monkey because it was a fun, everyday insult!

1. No they weren't complaining about being booed at all, and Australians always get booed and never complain about it. They were upset about racial abuse, and rightly so.

2. Haha. Mate, reading the newspapers here makes me angry. I realise biases that occur in the media, and I never take what I read as gospel.

4. The rational world realises that there are racial problems, to some extent in all nations of the world. It's unfortuante, but it's true.

5. They took action as soon as racism was reported. It may well have been happening for some years earlier indeed, however once it was reported action was taken immediately. The BCCI should be doing the same. Racism in Indian crowds may have been happening before, and most people would confirm this, but since it's now being reported and widely acknowledged action really needs to be taken.

6. You're trying to say it wasn't a racist taunt at all. You said monkey is a commonplace insult in India. You accuse the Aussie media of overplaying it, on the same page your significantly downplaying it. How does that make you any better than them.

 

[sideshowtim]

yes, I don't think the crowds would have been so hostile to him had he not been such a jerk on this tour. That doesn't mean I think that the crowds were right and he was wrong. I said he was partly to blame for the sort of reactions he gets and about which he has complained, not the racist part...



And for the last time, not every country has the same problems. Your country and some others were divided by race and we were divided by caste and religion. Should I say that Australia have problems with the caste system as well? We never had racist issues because racism did not exist in India and you never had caste issues because the caste system never existed in Australia. Is that REALLY that difficult to comprehend?

I dunno how much I can say, it but quite simply, no one deserves racial abuse, especially for a few throwaway comments they made about the Indian cricket team over-celebrating or whatever. I repeat that I accept in making such comments he brings on booing and stuff. Racism is out of the question though. I'd like to see you defend Aussie crowds calling Sreesanth "monkey boy" or something after him making comments in the media, or based upon his onfield actions.

Every country which has experienced people with a different colour of skin meeting (ie every country in existence) has experienced racial problems. End of story. Look at the link I provided. Even read some of the comments. It singlehandedly proves that there is indeed racism in India.

 

[R_D]

You think Symonds is lying about being racially abused? I'm sorry, but I just don't think professional sportsmen do that kind of thing for the sole purpose of geeing up their opponents. He has never complained about it before, so I hardly think it is simply to get under the Indians skin. And the fact that there is photographic and video evidence of racist behaviour just further shows this point to be poor and irrelevant.

Not lieing but i read somewhere that Mark Waugh said on foxtel that perhaps Symmonds is being too precious..... i could agree with Mark's thoughts there.

 

[sideshowtim]

I think he was criticising the media, not Symonds.

Symonds said he didn't want to go take the complain further, isn't that right? It's not like Symonds has been bombarding the newspapers registering his disgust for Indian crowds...

 

[honestbharani]

I dunno how much I can say, it but quite simply, no one deserves racial abuse, especially for a few throwaway comments they made about the Indian cricket team over-celebrating or whatever. I repeat that I accept in making such comments he brings on booing and stuff. Racism is out of the question though. I'd like to see you defend Aussie crowds calling Sreesanth "monkey boy" or something after him making comments in the media, or based upon his onfield actions.

Every country which has experienced people with a different colour of skin meeting (ie every country in existence) has experienced racial problems. End of story. Look at the link I provided. Even read some of the comments. It singlehandedly proves that there is indeed racism in India.

I never said that the racism part was brought upon by Symonds' comments. IF I did, I would like to clarify that it was not what I meant and apologies if it came across that way.

And what you provided is a blog post. Not the truth. It has as much weightage as my own comments on the matter. It is what, one isolated incident.

I have had 5 or 6 students from Kenya and Uganda at university with me and they were treated even better than some of the Indian students. And I know a lot of guys in India who won't sit next to a foreigner, regardless of his skin color. It is not any hate or sneer towards them, just a feeling of "let's sit together with our guys"... Sometimes it is even an inferiority complex. I have met a number of foreigners near my house, esp. AFro-Americans and I haven't heard of these issues.

And I wonder how many Aussies or other country guys will go and sit next to a foreigner when there is a seat available next to one of their own countrymen. I am not suggesting that the article is wrong, but he is talking about one incident compared to hundreds I have come across when there has been no racism. And also, the stuff he talks about can have a number of explanations. I didn't know, for instance, that the word "negro" is offensive till I was 15 or 16 and there may be just as many ignorant people in Mysore, which is not exactly a teeming metro where you expect even the layman to have decent knowledge of worldly affairs.


And forget about going out with black men, a majority of parents in India won't allow their daughters to go out with even people from another state in India. That is how things are here and that cannot be confused with racism. And the bloody commercial he is talking about has been banned and was only put that way because it wanted to show "West Indians will have a tough time in India". If it had been Australia, they would have shown an Australian and for that series, they showed a West Indian. It was in poor taste, yes and was quite idiotic to say the least but to connect that with racism is amazingly naive.

And yes, colorist issues have always been a problem in India but as I said, I am yet to see people being deserved their rightful opportunities and place in society due to the color of their skin, and THAT, as far as I know, is what is meant by racism in the US and other countries.

 

[Laurrz]

This sums it up well

ANDREW Symonds feels caught in the eye of a media storm but is pleased Indian authorities have belatedly acted on the repeated racial taunts from local crowds.

The Queenslander has been targeted by the Indian media who have questioned his motivations for the first round of monkey noises made at him becoming public knowledge last week.

“I feel that the print and TV media have badly misrepresented my views at times over the past three matches,” he said in his first comments since the most recent offensive behaviour on Wednesday at Wankhede Stadium.

Symonds said he wanted the whole unsavoury affair to go away.

“Over the past couple of weeks I feel as though I have been put in a situation that is not of my making,” he said.

“Anyone who knows me will understand that being the focus of this particular story is something I'm not comfortable with.

“I never made a complaint at any venue but I did answer media questions asking whether I had heard the chants aimed at me in Vadodara.

“I said at the time that I wasn't particularly bothered by it as I tried to defuse the original situation by interacting with the crowd.”

In a heartening scene, Symonds received a standing ovation at an awards evening in Mumbai last night.

After Australia collected an award for team of the year, compere Cyrus Broacha referred to the offending spectators as “idiots” and called on the audience to show their support for the allrounder.

The crowd stood up and applauded Symonds, who looked chuffed to receive such a warm reception following his particularly hostile treatment at Wankhede Stadium.

“I understand racism in all sports is a sensitive, serious and global issue,” he said. “I would much prefer the focus be on the cricket.”

Four spectators will face court on charges of harassment and misbehaviour for allegedly making monkey gestures towards Symonds.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting hoped the punishment of perpetrators would deter fans from further bad behaviour at Saturday's final match of the tour, a one-off Twenty20 match against India in Mumbai.

“I quickly read some of the things in the paper about urging the people of Mumbai to wake up a little bit and ease up on some of the stuff,” he said.

“It was very disappointing to see all that stuff happen the other night and a few arrests were made I think as a result. You would think people seeing that would wise them a little bit.”

Ponting said the scrutiny must be having an impact on Symonds before the Brabourne Stadium clash.

“He is a pretty unflappable sort of bloke, (but) there is no doubt it has had some effect on him,” he said.

Criminal lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani said the four spectators booted out of Wankhede Stadium couldn't be prosecuted for breaking anti-racism laws as they don't exist in India.

“What the four did was offensive but not an offence,” Jethmalani told The Times of India.

“(Anti) Racism (law) does not exist in this country, so there can be no offence.

“Under its (anti) racism code the International Cricket Council can penalise a host nation if it feels its code is violated by spectators but it can't directly take action against the spectators only the host nation can.”

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22614214-23212,00.html

 

[honestbharani]

I think he was criticising the media, not Symonds.

Symonds said he didn't want to go take the complain further, isn't that right? It's not like Symonds has been bombarding the newspapers registering his disgust for Indian crowds...

He didn't probably make the official complaint. But every interview of his had something about this issue. Obviously, he had to answer if he was asked about it, but there were better ways to answer and he didn't help himself with his answers.

 

[Laurrz]

He didn't probably make the official complaint. But every interview of his had something about this issue. Obviously, he had to answer if he was asked about it, but there were better ways to answer and he didn't help himself with his answers.

didnt he just say that he was dissappointed they had denied it?