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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Yes, everyone but Ireland should pull out in protest!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

To be fair we don't know exactly what he did. From what I've read it sounds like he somehow harassed an employee in the production crew, which honestly should be reason for exclusion. Assuming that is what happened, it doesn't seem unjust and I don't think the other participants should try to justify such behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

According to the dutch news orgs, he made a “threatening gesture” towards a (female) camera operator, after he asked not to be filmed, repeatedly (there were not supposed to be cameras at that point, so the request was not unjustified). There was no physical contact.

Here’s the source (in dutch)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

According to Cornald Maas (the Dutch commentator for the Eurovision) the "threatening motion", as far as he is aware, was Joost pushing down the camera/phone, after asking not to be filmed.

Source (also in Dutch)

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn, I thought it would be doping.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Goldschläger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

What kind of performance enhancing drugs can you even take for Eurovision?

Ecstasy. Though your suggestion sounds like a good time too 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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