• Beryl@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    …following “a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his performance in Thursday night’s Semi Final.”

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        4 months ago

        What kind of performance enhancing drugs can you even take for Eurovision? If anything, you need to get the audience on hallucinogens.

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      4 months ago

      He “made a threatening gesture” at the camera who kept filming him while he said repeatedly he didn’t wanted to be filmed at that time.

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      4 months ago

      That’s really the only relevant thing here and it’s only barely relevant. This is really stretching the definition of news.

  • HollandJim@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    “This is a disappointment for the millions of Eurovision fans in the Netherlands and other European countries”

    Netherlands: Meh. Best weather we’ve had in months. Let’s have a BBQ instead.

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    4 months ago

    Yesterday they claimed he physically assaulted an israeli journalist, today they’ve changed it to “made threats” and didn’t physically touch them at all.

    So in summary Joost Klein beheaded 40 babies and mass raped women.

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    4 months ago

    I’m hoping some of the other acts no-show or pull out in advance in support of him. The actions of the EBU have been opaque and frankly awful.