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Maluma is not precisely kicking off the World Cup on a excessive notice … a reporter put him on the spot over his resolution to carry out — as different artists boycott — so, he stormed out of the interview.
The “Hawái” singer sat down for an interview Friday, two days earlier than the beginning of the FIFA World Cup, with Israel’s state-owned Kan TV and it rapidly acquired heated when the interviewer requested Maluma about his ideas on Qatar’s human rights violations.
As we reported, Dua Lipa and Shakira each turned down gigs on the World Cup … citing the nation’s human rights report.
Maluma teamed up with Nicki Minaj and Lebanese singer Myriam Fares for the official FIFA Fan Festival anthem … and he was requested if he had an issue with Qatar’s repute.
Maluma dodged the primary query with talent, saying he is performing as a result of he enjoys life, music and soccer — however when pressed for greater than that, Maluma stood up, requested somebody off digicam if he wanted to reply in any respect, then merely stormed off and known as the reporter “impolite.”
Sources with direct information inform TMZ … Maluma’s performing on the World Cup strictly as a result of, as he stated, he loves the game. We’re advised he was a soccer participant rising up in Colombia and left the game to grow to be an artist, however it’s been all the time been a dream of his to carry out at a World Cup.
What’s odd about Maluma’s heated interview is … the community reporter giving him a tough time for, in his phrases, “whitewashing” Qatar, is definitely there in Qatar overlaying the World Cup and in doing so, publicizing it.
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Meanwhile, different artists set to carry out in the course of the competitors embrace Sean Paul, J Balvin and Black Eyed Peas amongst others.