Controversy Erupts After Danish TV Presenter Compares Moroccan Footballers With Monkeys, Video Goes Viral

Soren Lipper, the presenter of a Danish channel, was seen holding a picture of monkeys hugging each other when the visuals of Moroccon footballers hugging their mothers appeared on television screens.

Morocco's midfielder #17 Sofiane Boufal celebrates with his mother after qualifying to the next round by defeating Portugal 1-0 in the Qatar 2022 World Cup quarter-final football match between Morocco and Portugal at the Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 10, 2022.

Source : JUAN MABROMATA / AFP

In what comes as a shocking development, a Danish television channel is facing the wrath of netizens after one of its presenter compared the Moroccan players and their mothers at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar with monkeys.

Notably, Soren Lipper, the said presenter of the Danish channel, was seen holding a picture of monkeys hugging each other when the visuals of Moroccon footballers hugging their mothers appeared on television screens. 

Lippert did not even stop here but went on to say that this is done at family gatherings in Qatar and Morocco since they are attached to each other. A video of the incident has surfaced on social media.

Check it out here:

This was on Danish TV @tv2newsdk where hosts jokingly equate #MAR players hugging their mothers after games with monkeys.
“Because they stick together, they also do that during family reunions in Qatar, in #Morocco” whilst holding up photo of monkeys.pic.twitter.com/ZUv7qstBgl

— Nima Tavallaey Roodsari (@NimaTavRood) December 16, 2022

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