Chinese embassy protests to Real Madrid after fan’s ‘racist and sexist’ video interview

Post-match street interview shows Spanish fan – later found to have Real links – singing to Chinese social media crew

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Showmi video blogger Kevin says he has not encountered racism such as that seen in a video interview with a Spanish football fan in Britain filmed on June 2. Photo: Weibo/球迷匯SHOWMI

Published: 3:35pm, 11 Jun 2024Updated: 7:46pm, 11 Jun 2024

The Chinese embassy in Spain has lodged a protest with Real Madrid, a football club that has millions of fans in China, after a blogger reported being subjected to racist and sexist remarks during a postgame street interview.

“The remarks were vulgar and offensive in nature,” the embassy said in a statement on its website on Sunday.

On June 2, a Chinese blogger on Showmi, a TikTok account about soccer culture, was conducting a post-match interview on the streets of Britain. The blogger called Kevin approached a fan celebrating Real Madrid’s victory in the UEFA Champions League final.

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After learning that the reporter was from China, the fan sang an allegedly racist and sexist song towards Chinese women to the camera in Spanish.

Kevin, who did not speak Spanish, asked what the song was about and the fan replied that the lyrics were a celebration of Real Madrid’s victory before singing it again.

After posting the video, Spanish-speaking audience members explained to the blogger what the lyrics meant.

Furthermore, some netizens suspected the Spanish interviewee singing the song was Rodrigo Sanz, the grandson of former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz and the son of Real Madrid official commentator Lorenzo Sanz Duran.

According to the Chinese embassy in Spain, Real Madrid expressed opposition to the remarks and actions of the individual fan, saying he did not represent the general attitude of Real Madrid and its fans.