Users of the social network Twitter have not ignored this Sunday a comment that has been leaked from the Moto GP rider, Aleix Espargaró, addressed to a friend, in the presence of the ex-cyclist Purito Rodriguez and it has caused such outrage to the point that the bicycle brand of which both athletes are ambassadors, the Gipuzkoan Orbea, has had to apologize for it.
The message of discord engraved inside a car driven by Purito is the following: «Listen to one thing. We are doing calculations. I don’t understand how it can be that we earn so much money working fewer days than you have on vacation. The video concludes with the laughter of the biker and the ex-cyclist. When viewing the images, many fans have taken the alleged joke as a mockery of the working class.
Before the controversy raised, Orbea has indicated through his Twitter account that “on behalf of the entire cooperative We want to completely detach ourselves from the video that was leaked this afternoon of Aleix and Purito. We ask for forgiveness to all those people who have been offended and we will take the appropriate measures within our internal regulations. At Orbea, we work very hard and we consider effort as an indisputable value in our understanding of this collective project ”.
On behalf of the entire cooperative, we want to completely detach ourselves from the video that was leaked this afternoon of Aleix and Purito.
We apologize to all those who have been offended and we will take the appropriate measures within our internal regulations. (1/2)
Orbea (@Orbea) January 31, 2021
Reaction of Purito Nor has he been made to wait and the Catalan has indicated that “I am very sorry that this video is judged as a thought of a person and not as a joke between friends who write jokes on WhatsApp. It is a private conversation and thus, taken out of its context, it seems what it is not …. For my part, if someone has been offended, I apologize because I understand that if this video reaches you, you can think anything ».
I would like to say that for the part that touches me I feel very bad that this video is judged as a thought of a person and not as a joke between friends who write jokes on wattsapp, it is a private conversation and thus, taken out of context, it seems what it is not … (continues)
Joaquim Rodríguez (@PuritoRodriguez) January 31, 2021
This Monday it was the turn of Aleix Espargaró, which through a video also wanted to apologize if someone had been offended by what was said and wanted to make it clear that the video “was a joke between friends on WhatsApp.”
My clarification to the video that runs through social networks. I apologize if anyone has been offended, but it was only a private joke between friends that unfortunately leaked … pic.twitter.com/Fkdmo06VwW
Aleix Espargaró (@AleixEspargaro) February 1, 2021
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