Bernie Ecclestone introduced he’d take a bullet for Vladimir Putin throughout a extremely controversial interview on Good Morning Britain.
The previous F1 star joined Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway just about from Ibiza the place he first excused Nelson Piquet’s racist slur with Lewis Hamilton earlier than speaking concerning the Russia/Ukraine struggle.
‘I’d nonetheless take a bullet for him,’ Bernie mentioned of the Russian president after Kate requested if he nonetheless regarded him as a pal. ‘I’d moderately it didn’t damage, but when it did I’d nonetheless take a bullet for him.
‘He’s a first-class particular person,’ the 91-year-old businessman continued. ‘What he’s doing is one thing he believed is the precise factor he was doing for Russia. Sadly, he’s like loads of enterprise individuals, like me, we make errors occasionally.’
Bernie then turned his consideration to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
‘I believe if he’d considered issues, he would have made a large enough effort to talk to Mr Putin, who's a wise particular person and would have listened to him and possibly would have performed one thing about it,’ he continued.
At this level, a shocked Ben rapidly interrupted to remind Bernie that Putin began the struggle in Ukraine which has led to the deaths of hundreds of harmless individuals.
‘You'll be able to’t justify that, certainly?’ he requested.
‘It wasn’t intentional,’ Bernie replied. ‘Have a look at the variety of occasions America has moved into completely different international locations that has nothing to do with America… they like wars as a result of they promote loads of armour so it’s good for them.’
Viewers had been utterly outraged by Bernie’s feedback and flooded social media in whole disbelief.
‘One of the crucial surprising interviews I’ve ever heard!’ one blasted. ‘Can not imagine Bernie Ecclestone nonetheless helps Putin, deluded.’
Echoing the same sentiment, one other mentioned: ‘What the hell did I simply watch on @GMB i actually really feel bodily sick at what Bernie Eccleston has simply mentioned about Putin and the struggle in Ukraine. And that he nonetheless regards Putin as a pal!’
‘Bernie Ecclestone was essentially the most infuriating, embarrassing, cringeworthy interview I’ve seen,’ a 3rd raged.
‘How was the idiot allowed airtime? Ship him to the Ukraine let him see what his mate is doing and let him try to speak to his pal Putin! Shameful man.’
A spokesperson for F1 mentioned: ‘The feedback made by Bernie Ecclestone are his private views and are in very stark distinction to the place of the fashionable values of our sport.’
This, surprisingly, isn’t the primary time Bernie has voiced his assist of Putin.
Earlier this 12 months, he got here out to the president’s defence throughout an interview on Instances Radio.
‘As an individual I discovered him [Putin] very easy and honourable,’ he shared. ‘He did precisely what he mentioned he was going to do with none arguments.’
In keeping with stories, Bernie and Putin’s friendship blossomed after the pair had been launched on the Russian Grand Prix in 2014.
In 2019, Putin advised The Instances that he’d wish to see Putin ‘operating Europe’.
‘He’s a great man,’ he mentioned. ‘He’s by no means performed something that isn’t doing good issues for individuals.
‘I would love him operating Europe. We haven’t obtained anyone, so it couldn’t be any worse.’
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