Andres Iniesta issues apology after controversial ‘blacked up’ photos on his Instagram and Twitter pages

Andres Iniesta issues apology after controversial ‘blacked up’ photos on his Instagram and Twitter pages
Andres Iniesta has apologised after being caught up in a race row after posing alongside two ‘blacked up’ characters.The Spain and Barcelona legend (now plying his trade with Vissel Kobe in Japan) shared an image on his social media pages showing him posing with his familycelebrating Feliz dias de Reyes – a festive Christian tradition in Spain.1

Iniesta poses with his family and the Three Kings

Iniesta’s post was meant to celebrate the arrival of the Three KingsBalthazar, Mechior and Gaspar to the birth of Jesus to a stable in Bethlehem.However, it caused outrage online as two of the characters had darkened their skin colours to correctly portray two of the kings as black.A team of advisers representing the 34-year-old have now released a statement online, claiming the post was not designed to offend any of his followers.Reported by Goal, it read: “On January 6, Andres Iniesta’s family received the visit of the Three Kings at his house and decided to photograph himself to share this image with his fans on the player’s social networks. “The presence of the Three Kings belongs to the culture of our country, rooted for many years with which we want to celebrate the most magical day of the year with our children and is a tradition that the Iniesta Ortiz family repeats every year.“We want to settle the controversy that has arisen around this picture in which the three people dressed and characterised with make-up appear as the Kings of the East, Gaspar, Melchior, and Baltasar, as happens in most cavalcades and events that were celebrated in Spain that day.“At no time did Andres Iniesta want to bother anyone with that photograph, which is the image of the illusion in Spain and apologises to those people who may have been offended.”

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race row The Spain and Barcelona legend was celebrating Feliz dias de Reyes - a festive Christian tradition in Spain Andres Iniesta has apologised after being caught up in a race row after posing alongside two 'blacked up' characters. The Spain and Barcelona legend (now plying his trade with Vissel Kobe in Japan) shared an image […]
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Andres Iniesta issues apology after controversial 'blacked up' photos on his Instagram and Twitter pages Posted on March 1, 2019 Andres Iniesta has apologised after being caught up in a race row after posing alongside two 'blacked up' characters.
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Andres Iniesta has apologised after being caught up in a race row after posing alongside two 'blacked up' characters. The Spain and Barcelona legend ( now plying his trade with Vissel Kobe in Japan ) shared an image on his social media pages showing him posing with his family celebrating Feliz dias de Reyes - a festive Christian tradition
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ANDRES INIESTA has apologised for creating a social media storm after he posted a photo alongside two 'blacked-up' characters. The Barcelona legend caused fury after posting a picture to his 27.4million Instagram followers showing how he was celebrating Feliz dias de Reyes - a festive Christian tradition in Spain.
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