The front page of today’s Irish Sun. Credit: Mike Hogan
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MANCHESTER UNITED’S CHRIS Smalling has apologised over an “insensitive” fancy dress stunt that saw him appear to imitate a suicide bomber.
The England international was pictured in the British press on this morning wearing a costume that appeared to show him with a mock circuit board and mobile phone strapped to his chest, as well as bottles of the alcoholic drink Jagermeister and cans of Red Bull around his waist.
Smalling’s management company released a statement on his behalf confirming that the picture was taken at a private party at the defender’s home, with the outfit designed to be an elaborate pun on the popular ‘Jagerbomb’ drink, which is a mix of Jagermeister and Red Bull.
They also admitted that Smalling accepted the outfit had been “insensitive”.
“Chris and his girlfriend hosted a fancy dress party to celebrate Christmas and their belated birthdays with close friends in the assumed privacy of his own home,” Wasserman Media Group reportedly said in the statement.
He dressed in a costume consisting of empty bottles of Jagermeister and cans of Red Bull strapped to his chest in an attempted comedy play on the popular ‘Jagerbomb drink’.
“Although he fully accepts in hindsight it was an ill-thought out and insensitive decision, absolutely no harm was intended whatsoever and he apologises for any offence caused.”
My point is that you can’t really condemn someone’s insensitive costume as “disgusting behaviour” and hope for a police enquiry, while publicly using an islamic word for a religious war as a joke.
@ ginger jihad why are you afraid some young manchester untied fan might become an islamic suicide bomber because chris smalling once dressed up as one to a fancy dress party ??? jesus sometimes i hate the world with this pc hysteria and the journal is just as smutty for running none stories from the SUN,real classy !!! and the single most stupid thing is that they claim he will influence kids with this but how the fuq would anyone know he wore this outfit only for the sun putting it up ???? IDIOTS
Complaining about The Sun on The Journal is like writing to The Daily Star to complain about the The Daily Mirror. Get a grip Ger! What Smalling did was #shameful
hahaha first point taken !! but as for the rest you get a grip you sad little man,it was a fancy dress and surely you get the stupidity and the lie of “oh he is a role model,now the kids will see” well lets just over look the fact that not one single soul in the world will convert over a fancy dress outfit and blow themselves up but that no one would have known if they hadnt printed it !!!!! jesus christ man its crazy !!! go ring joe duffy for yourself and climax while you complain about pointless,useless sh*t you seen on the SUN !!!
It’s not about him converting anybody, it’s about respecting the memory of the hundreds of people who have been killed by suicide bombers in the last few years. I read he’s planning on going to his next costume party dressed as Josef Fritzl. I suppose you’d condone that as well would you? You’re a #sickpuppy Ger
keep the hashtags for twitter,im sick because i dont give a sh*t what someone dress’s up as for a private function ?? you are after showing how stupid you are and easily lead,you read he plans on going as joseph fritzl next !!!! hahahah thats hilarious,i doubt he plans his costumes that far in advance or bothers to tell people and if that causes offense then why dont you go mental every time someone dress’s up as a solider ?? MILLIONS of people have dies at the hands of soliders,listen you are clearly a clown so im gona leave you off now,mind yourself and be sure to tell joe about this
Watch the profanity ger, there could be wee children looking at this site. What’s with your joe duffy obsession? Are you one those that hate him but can’t stop listening to or talking about him? It’s sad that you’re happy to see Chris Smalling dress up as Josef Fritzl for a costume party but I suppose you can’t teach class to some people. #sickpuppy
nah im adult ill curse when i want,dont like it dont engage me in conversation and anyway its after 9 and the watershed ned flanders !!nope dont hate nor listen to joe,do have a mild dislike for his listeners like yourself who have nothing better to do than ring in and moan about trivial things becuase you are retired,unemployed,lonely,sexless or little of of them all !! im not happy i just dont care,can you grasp that ?? and you stupid little man i just said i dont belive he will go as fritzl,if i say it with a hash tag will you belive me ??? bye bye now ginger,give joe a buzz in the morning about the bin rates like a good boy ” oh the price of them joe,its scandalous “
He was at a private party in a private residence. There should be a law against publishing those pictures. He can dress up as whatever the hell he wants.
There’s now a massive industry in ‘being offended’ News says ‘Chris smalling has caused offence…’ Who says? They say. and then it fills pages and air time.
exactly dee,i love soccer but i never for a second looked to them for political or religious guidance or anything other than being good at kicking a leather ball around a field
People who think they have the right to be offended by what other people getup to nauseate me.
Particularly the English gutter press, which is about as vile as you can get.
You’re all missing the point here – people were actually offended! And as we all know, personal offence is a community issue. Surely none of us want to live in a society where simply being offended by the acts of some person you don’t & never will know doesn’t grant you some sort of special status do we? What would happen to Liveline in such a godless society?
Sarcasm for the many on here who seem unable to detect it. Why can’t people just realise if they are offended by something, chances are no one else gives a toss, so just keep it to your bloody self and ignore whoever is bothering you?
Offended by it are you. Sure god love you ya poor crater. It’ll be alright, we’ll get your mammy to rub Vaseline all over your hiney and tell you that your special and different from everyone else.
Who cares tht doesn’t mean you have to act like a child crying about it now does it And with your first comment you certainly were not looking for anyone. Grow up like a good man
If a friend of mine did the same we would probably call it a great night out. Give him a break he’s a young man. Liverpool fan here in case you think me bias
One does not expect footballers nor many of contributors to these comments to say or do anything that is likely to stimulate much in the way of intellectual debate.
Pray tell us mere mortals Frank, how would one envisage an intellectual debate proceeding when there’s no intellectual content in the story to discuss?
If it wasn’t bad enough to run it in the sport section, now they’ve put it on the main journal page. I’m done. Anyone know any decent news/sport websites?
Talking crap? I dispute this assertion with the utmost vehemence. manu are indeed on the slippery slope, and your comments have proven to require a veritable modicum of cognative agility to compose.I speak nothing but the truth! However, your obvious ire pleases me :).
The real story here should be about the guy who has come out. That’s culturally relevant, that’s courageous and that’s a good example to people who follow football.
Chris Smalling’s silly behavior should be a secondary story!
Focus on the positive!
Its quite enjoyable to watch the Man Utd factory machine spiral down the plug hole..when the knives are out..theres no stopping the English gutter snipes
How is this such a big deal? So many similar episodes over the years where it’s all blown out of proportion!
Is he promoting terrorism? No
Is he mocking terrorism to an extent where terrorists will take offence and use it as an excuse to blow people up? No
You go to any fancy dress party across the country and you’ll see either a suicide bomber or a ‘jager bomber’, they may not be role models for kids such as Chris Smalling is, but that’s not the point.
The media need to get a grip and find some real news to talk about! Give the lad a break, and that’s coming from a Liverpool fan so I’m not exactly biased…
Typical sun bullshit, i’d rather be a clamper than work for that shower. The lad enjoyed himself at a party in his own home. Non story. LFC fan by the way.
One does not expect footballers nor many of contributors to these comments to say or do anything that is likely to stimulate much in the way of intellectual debate.
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Running stories from The Sun, a new low thescore….
Disgusting behaviour especially when so many of the wee children look up to him. I hope the police are looking into this.
You know that your name has the word jihad in it right?
I’m not the only one seeing that…
He went to that party dressed to kill.
Explain Sean?
I hope ur children dont look up to him they wouldnt want to end up as bad a player as him haha
He’s not that bad. A mid-table team like man utd. won’t get better than him.
My point is that you can’t really condemn someone’s insensitive costume as “disgusting behaviour” and hope for a police enquiry, while publicly using an islamic word for a religious war as a joke.
Explain Sean… why would he need to explain? Are you really that limited?
@ Ginger
Jihad is my surname.
Was that directed at me jay?
@ ginger jihad why are you afraid some young manchester untied fan might become an islamic suicide bomber because chris smalling once dressed up as one to a fancy dress party ??? jesus sometimes i hate the world with this pc hysteria and the journal is just as smutty for running none stories from the SUN,real classy !!! and the single most stupid thing is that they claim he will influence kids with this but how the fuq would anyone know he wore this outfit only for the sun putting it up ???? IDIOTS
Complaining about The Sun on The Journal is like writing to The Daily Star to complain about the The Daily Mirror. Get a grip Ger! What Smalling did was #shameful
hahaha first point taken !! but as for the rest you get a grip you sad little man,it was a fancy dress and surely you get the stupidity and the lie of “oh he is a role model,now the kids will see” well lets just over look the fact that not one single soul in the world will convert over a fancy dress outfit and blow themselves up but that no one would have known if they hadnt printed it !!!!! jesus christ man its crazy !!! go ring joe duffy for yourself and climax while you complain about pointless,useless sh*t you seen on the SUN !!!
It’s not about him converting anybody, it’s about respecting the memory of the hundreds of people who have been killed by suicide bombers in the last few years. I read he’s planning on going to his next costume party dressed as Josef Fritzl. I suppose you’d condone that as well would you? You’re a #sickpuppy Ger
keep the hashtags for twitter,im sick because i dont give a sh*t what someone dress’s up as for a private function ?? you are after showing how stupid you are and easily lead,you read he plans on going as joseph fritzl next !!!! hahahah thats hilarious,i doubt he plans his costumes that far in advance or bothers to tell people and if that causes offense then why dont you go mental every time someone dress’s up as a solider ?? MILLIONS of people have dies at the hands of soliders,listen you are clearly a clown so im gona leave you off now,mind yourself and be sure to tell joe about this
Watch the profanity ger, there could be wee children looking at this site. What’s with your joe duffy obsession? Are you one those that hate him but can’t stop listening to or talking about him? It’s sad that you’re happy to see Chris Smalling dress up as Josef Fritzl for a costume party but I suppose you can’t teach class to some people. #sickpuppy
nah im adult ill curse when i want,dont like it dont engage me in conversation and anyway its after 9 and the watershed ned flanders !!nope dont hate nor listen to joe,do have a mild dislike for his listeners like yourself who have nothing better to do than ring in and moan about trivial things becuase you are retired,unemployed,lonely,sexless or little of of them all !! im not happy i just dont care,can you grasp that ?? and you stupid little man i just said i dont belive he will go as fritzl,if i say it with a hash tag will you belive me ??? bye bye now ginger,give joe a buzz in the morning about the bin rates like a good boy ” oh the price of them joe,its scandalous “
Lol, you can’t stop talkin’ about joe duffy. Suicide bombers, josef fritzl and joe duffy. You’re 1 #sickpuppy
Blown up out of all proportion.
I see what you did there… ;)
He was at a private party in a private residence. There should be a law against publishing those pictures. He can dress up as whatever the hell he wants.
But David, will you think about the children, wont somebody please think about the children
People take things a way to serious..
seriously …………………HAHAHa
Jagerbombs on his top, haha cracker!
There’s now a massive industry in ‘being offended’ News says ‘Chris smalling has caused offence…’ Who says? They say. and then it fills pages and air time.
I’m offended by the sun. Will they put they on their front page?
We need the sun to live though
because of course we look to footballers for political and social commentary…… and up next Justin Beeber on his thoughts on the Middle East.
exactly dee,i love soccer but i never for a second looked to them for political or religious guidance or anything other than being good at kicking a leather ball around a field
People who think they have the right to be offended by what other people getup to nauseate me.
Particularly the English gutter press, which is about as vile as you can get.
Meh, he was the Jagerbomber. Nothing to see here, move along.
The lad was in his OWN HOME, the press need to build a bridge and get over it.
You’re all missing the point here – people were actually offended! And as we all know, personal offence is a community issue. Surely none of us want to live in a society where simply being offended by the acts of some person you don’t & never will know doesn’t grant you some sort of special status do we? What would happen to Liveline in such a godless society?
Sarcasm for the many on here who seem unable to detect it. Why can’t people just realise if they are offended by something, chances are no one else gives a toss, so just keep it to your bloody self and ignore whoever is bothering you?
People are easily offended.
It’s even worse than that. People go out of their way to search for things to be offended by.
Nothing surprises with that clubs players or fans with their disgusting behaviour. At least both are suffering at the moment
Bullet you were ranting yesterday about Man U fans trolling. What hypocryte you are
Offended by it are you. Sure god love you ya poor crater. It’ll be alright, we’ll get your mammy to rub Vaseline all over your hiney and tell you that your special and different from everyone else.
Is that another account you have. I’m not offended in the slightest by that muck. It’s just another typical pathetic comment just like yours bucko
Who cares tht doesn’t mean you have to act like a child crying about it now does it And with your first comment you certainly were not looking for anyone. Grow up like a good man
Non story
I thought it a clever costume. Agree with above. It’s a non story.
If a friend of mine did the same we would probably call it a great night out. Give him a break he’s a young man. Liverpool fan here in case you think me bias
One does not expect footballers nor many of contributors to these comments to say or do anything that is likely to stimulate much in the way of intellectual debate.
One uses one in order to make one sound more intellectual than one is
Pray tell us mere mortals Frank, how would one envisage an intellectual debate proceeding when there’s no intellectual content in the story to discuss?
One comes across as a bit of a tool, doesn’t one?
One would normally use proper punctuation, should they wish to efficiently diss other contributors…
and yet one is himself a contributor, how ironic
If it wasn’t bad enough to run it in the sport section, now they’ve put it on the main journal page. I’m done. Anyone know any decent news/sport websites?
Imagine if it was Suarez…..Sky News would explode!
Who is Chris Smalling? Y N W A
He is a footballer with more premier league winners medals than the entire Liverpool squad combined
Ha! You got served.
:-)
Well, if were gonna be technical, Glen Johnson and Daniel Sturridge have a medal each and Kolo Touré has 2. Chris Smalling has 2 :)
Fair point but not won as Liverpool players, the Liverpool squad never won any premiership medals.
So does this make Chris Smalling better than Gerard and Suarez now?
Sure Frank Leboeuf won the World Cup.
No it means he has won more premier league medals than the two of them put together.
@tony let that fact continue to console you as the slide at ot becomes greasier :)
Thanks lads, Y N W A
Ya mean,YAWN.
ooooh good comeback there davin, i hope you didnt hurt your other brain cell trying to think of it
Oh look nelly is on a man utd story talking crap! I don’t believe it,wonders never cease. Go F yourself prat.
Talking crap? I dispute this assertion with the utmost vehemence. manu are indeed on the slippery slope, and your comments have proven to require a veritable modicum of cognative agility to compose.I speak nothing but the truth! However, your obvious ire pleases me :).
Only took you 40 minutes,your mommy help you with that one?
you win davin, theres simply no way i can compete with the originality of your prose and rapier wit
Tony and Davin. Please don’t take me up wrong I am not an ABU, I have always admired Newcastle!!!
I’m sure you’d love it up the wrong Shawn. Can we drop it now? Please.
The real story here should be about the guy who has come out. That’s culturally relevant, that’s courageous and that’s a good example to people who follow football.
Chris Smalling’s silly behavior should be a secondary story!
Focus on the positive!
Its quite enjoyable to watch the Man Utd factory machine spiral down the plug hole..when the knives are out..theres no stopping the English gutter snipes
How is this such a big deal? So many similar episodes over the years where it’s all blown out of proportion!
Is he promoting terrorism? No
Is he mocking terrorism to an extent where terrorists will take offence and use it as an excuse to blow people up? No
You go to any fancy dress party across the country and you’ll see either a suicide bomber or a ‘jager bomber’, they may not be role models for kids such as Chris Smalling is, but that’s not the point.
The media need to get a grip and find some real news to talk about! Give the lad a break, and that’s coming from a Liverpool fan so I’m not exactly biased…
Typical sun bullshit, i’d rather be a clamper than work for that shower. The lad enjoyed himself at a party in his own home. Non story. LFC fan by the way.
This season he just hasn’t got that explosive burst of pace that he used to have.
Dry your humourless eyes… Let a man have a laugh.
Idiot!
Patrick… Ron was obviously talking to me! & I was referring to 1 united fan Kurt Barlow 10 accounts a real coward
One does not expect footballers nor many of contributors to these comments to say or do anything that is likely to stimulate much in the way of intellectual debate.
You sound like a pompous old idiot
What was that Frank? Didn’t get you the first time…
Tony Duncan @ Shawn rahoon fluiching classic ,I’ll smile at that all day good man Tony!
Wouldn’t have taken much explovsive to blow his brains out…
Not the brightest bulb in the floodlight
I would be out to get who ever took the photo. Close friend my @rse. Always out to make a quick buck….
Just another English footballer proving the inverse relationship between English brain power & English football ability.
Are you implying that Smalling is a good player?
Same lack of intellectual capacity in football supporters but at least the players have other talents
We are all ignoring the real issue here.Its David Moyes and the fiasco he is presiding over.
Now if he was good enough to play for united!