The journalist joked about women from Ukraine, saying that most of them can only be seen in brothels.
Swedish journalist Elaf Ali joked about refugees from Ukraine on the TV show “IFS – invandrare för svenskar”, calling them prostitutes. It is said that most of them can only be seen in entertainment houses.
“They’re blondes and blend in with the crowd, so you don’t notice their presence except in brothels,” he said.
The unsuccessful joke caused a storm of criticism and anger among Ukrainian women. The Ukrainian Embassy in Sweden responded to the situation, calling on the presenter to apologize publicly, and the SVT TV channel to take appropriate measures to prevent this from happening again.
“We consider such statements extremely offensive and completely unacceptable, given the circumstances of Russia’s full-scale military aggression against Ukraine, which forced Ukrainian women to save their lives and the lives of their children abroad. We call on the journalist Elaf Ali to apologize to the public, and the management of the SVT channel to take the necessary steps. similar situations in the future,” the statement said.
In turn, Elaf Ali in his page X (formerly Twitter) responded to the accusations and said “Ukrainians are very evil.”
“Hello, dishonest and hypocritical people who pretend to care about women. Are you “angry” about the portrayal of reality in a comedy show, but not the reality of it happening – or men buying sex? Absolutely. I hope so . you’ll feel better after you vent your vile racism,” he wrote.
It was previously reported that the actress and model Megan Fox caused outrage among Ukrainians with her post on social networks.
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Source: korrespondent
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