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Thierry Henry has defended himself after facing criticism for his presenting duties at the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday.
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Henry → defend → Monday
Henry co-hosted the prestigious awards ceremony alongside Kate Scott but came under fire for comments he made towards the winner of the men’s award Harry Kane, Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal and Scott herself.
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he → co → award
Henry admitted on stage that he wanted fellow Frenchman Kylian Mbappe to win the Ballon d’Or ahead of Kane, who became the first Englishman in 25 years to win the award after a steallar season for club and country.
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who → admit → club
The former Arsenal hitman also joked that Yamal, who won the young player award for the third year running, instead had his eyes on winning the main award on the night.
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who → joke → night
His comments generated a mixed reaction from the audience inside the Palladium.
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comments → generate → Palladium
There were then more awkward reactions when Henry corrected Scott’s pronunciation of ‘Socrates’, ahead of Bukayo Saka winning the award by the same name in recognition of his global humanitarian and community work.
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Saka → be → work
In a social media video, Henry addressed the comments he made to Yamal by stating that he was not “checking his ego” and insisted he had nothing but respect for the 19-year-old winger.
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he → address → winger
On the night, Henry said of Yamal winning the Kopa Trophy: "It's your third one, right?
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It → say → Trophy
But is it the one you really wanted to win?"
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you → want → ?
He then responded to the criticism with a video posted on social media on Wednesday, in which he said: "I'm a big fan of Lamine Yamal.
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I → respond → Yamal
I wasn't checking his ego at all - that you didn't like the joke, I can understand.
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I → check → joke
"But don't do that, he's one of the players I'd pay to watch, I love him."
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I → do → him
I love Harry Kane, I love Lamine Yamal and I didn't disrespect Kate
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I → love → Kate
Henry continued by stating that Scott, who is a colleague of Henry’s at American broadcaster CBS, was in on the joke he made about her pronunciation.
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he → continue → pronunciation
"You didn't like the joke, I understand, but please stop saying I disrespected Kate," Henry said.
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Henry → like → Kate
"I will never do that and you can ask her, she was on the joke with me.
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she → ask → me
She did Soc on purpose, and I said Soc, so please stop inventing stories.
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I → do → stories
The reaction to Henry’s comments have gained a lot of attention, but Henry, who added that Kane was a “worthy winner”, insisted everyone should “relax” about the situation and his comments were meant in jest.
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comments → gain → jest
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"I'm French and I was always going to back up and support my fellow countryman," he said.
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he → read → countryman
"I said to [Kane], 'You are a worthy winner, you deserve it, you are the example that work ethic is a talent, working hard is a talent'.
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working → say → it
Well done, Harry Kane - and I call him Sir Harry Kane since the World Cup.
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I → do → Cup
I love Harry Kane, I love Lamine Yamal and I didn't disrespect Kate.
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I → love → Kate
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