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Ballon d’Or: DJ Martin Solveig sorry for Ada Hegerberg ‘twerk’ question

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December 4, 2018
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Ballon d Or DJ Martin Solveig sorry for Ada Hegerberg twerk question

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DJ Martin Solveig apologised to Women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg for asking her after she collected her award if she knew “how to twerk”.

The Frenchman, 42, said Lyon and Norway forward Hegerberg – who answered “no” – had told him after the ceremony she “understood it was a joke”.

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Hegerberg told BBC Sport she “didn’t consider it sexual harassment”.

The 23-year-old was named the inaugural winner of the award, which recognises the world’s best player, in Paris.

Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won the men’s award, becoming the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to claim the trophy in more than a decade.

Solveig was playing music throughout the ceremony, and also danced with Hegerberg to Frank Sinatra.

During the presentation of her award, he asked her: “Do you know how to twerk?” She responded: “No.”

Hegerberg, who had just made a speech talking about her hopes of inspiring girls to believe in themselves, appeared unhappy at the question, sparking the reaction on social media.

Twerking is a sexually provocative dance move popularised by singer Miley Cyrus.

Solveig was widely criticised on social media, including by two-time Wimbledon tennis champion Andy Murray, who said on Instagram: “Another example of the ridiculous sexism that still exists in sport.

“To everyone who thinks people are overreacting and it was just a joke… it wasn’t. I’ve been involved in sport my whole life and the level of sexism is unreal.”

Solveig apologised saying: “Apologies to anyone who may have been offended,” he wrote on Twitter. “This was a joke, probably a bad one, and I want to apologise.”

READ ALSO: JUST IN – Modric wins Ballon d’Or

In a video message, he added: “I am a little bit amazed as to what I am reading on the internet. I, of course, didn’t want to offend anyone.

“This comes from a distortion of my English level and my English culture level, which is obviously not enough because I didn’t mean to offend anyone and didn’t know this could be seen as such an offence.

“Especially if you consider the sequence in total, when we ended up dancing to Frank Sinatra.“

Solveig later posted a picture on Twitter of him and Hegerberg shaking hands.

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