The Celebs That Are Defending Putin, and These That Have Turned on Him
The previous chief government of the Method 1 Group and billionaire Bernard Ecclestone stated he would “take a bullet” for Putin final summer time.
“Sadly he is like a whole lot of enterprise individuals, definitely like me, that we make errors once in a while and whenever you make the error, you must do the very best you may to get out of it,” Ecclestone told Good Morning Britain in June 2022.
Ecclestone additionally criticized Zelenskyy and argued that the Ukrainian chief wasn’t making a “large enough effort” to debate a peace plan and described Putin as a “wise particular person.”
“The opposite particular person in Ukraine, his career I perceive, was once a comic, and I believe it appears that evidently he needs to proceed that career,” Ecclestone stated of Zelenskyy.
After his feedback prompted a backlash, Ecclestone apologized, telling Sky Sports activities: “Typically individuals, I believe, come out and say issues or do issues with out actually an excessive amount of considering. Most likely I did the identical, and I can perceive individuals considering I am defending what he is accomplished in Ukraine, which I do not.”
He added: “I used to be introduced up through the struggle, the final struggle, so I do know what it is like. And I really feel sorry for the individuals in Ukraine having to undergo for one thing they have not accomplished. They’ve accomplished nothing incorrect.”
Supply: Sky Information