Akon Doesn’t Get Qatar World Cup Boycott, Every Culture Is Different

The World Cup is only a day away, and the most important sporting occasion on this planet is already mired in controversy — a lot stemming from alleged human rights points — inflicting some to boycott the soccer tourney … one thing Akon says is mindless.

TMZ Sports bumped into the rap star, a giant soccer fan, at LAX on Wednesday — simply 4 days earlier than the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar — and we requested him about followers who say they will not watch due to the controversy surrounding the host nation.

“I do not perceive the aim of the boycott, me personally, I feel in every single place you go on this planet there’s totally different cultures, totally different way of life, totally different life requirements,” Akon defined.

The 5x Grammy nominee went on to say he believes lots of his fellow Americans who’re calling for a boycott do not really perceive why they’re refusing to observe.

“I feel whenever you take a look at a spot like America, we generally tend of taking sure issues without any consideration, and we bought an inclination of following go well with of issues we do not perceive. Instead of taking a visit there to grasp the tradition, perceive what is going on on, you are simply going to comply with go well with trigger all people else says there’s humanitarian points.”

FYI, Dua Lipa lately quelled hypothesis she’d carry out in Qatar, saying she would not go to the nation till they “fulfilled all of the human rights pledges it made when it received the proper to host the World Cup.” Rod Stewart additionally stated he was supplied one million {dollars} to carry out, however he refused.

Of course, Qatar, a comparatively small peninsular nation with a inhabitants of underneath 3 million, has been accused of discriminating towards folks within the LGBTQ group. There are additionally studies of migrant staff dying whereas working underneath unsafe situations in an effort to complete the WC services within the months earlier than the tourney. Officials have additionally interfered with the press. These are only a few of the troubling allegations made towards Qatar.

But, Akon sees it in another way than the boycotters … it isn’t that he is saying he agrees with Qatar, he is saying he acknowledges that their tradition is totally different.

“I feel a whole lot of that may be a cultural subject, a cultural distinction. You know whenever you take a look at a spot like Africa, Middle East, a whole lot of locations, LGBTQ shouldn’t be actually a tradition they got here up underneath,” Akon says.

“It’s not a matter of dislike. It’s only a totally different tradition. know what I’m saying? it is only a matter of individuals higher understanding one another’s tradition, understanding the explanations and the whys.”

Akon believes we would be quite a bit higher off speaking to the Qatari folks and discovering widespread floor, somewhat than ignoring them.

“How about going to clarify your view out of your place? Help them higher perceive. Know what I imply? Life is about communication. I feel the second folks begin leaping to conclusions and simply take a place earlier than understanding, issues are at all times gonna be difficult.”