Paul de Leeuw regrets ‘short-sighted comment’ about Asians | Entertainment

entertainment">The presenter of On 1 said in a conversation with virologist last week From the Osterhaus about the corona policy in China that Asian people ‘do what the boss says right away’, because that would be in their mentality. “The strategy used in China has worked. Very strict and very hard about it ”, Osterhaus began. “I think it’s really great. They receive a number of corona cases and immediately ensure that the situation is under control. That means testing, testing, testing… We have not done that in Europe. ”

entertainment">De Leeuw responded by starting to talk about ‘the mentality of Asian people’. “This is also about the mentality of Asian people. They immediately do what the boss says. ” The comment went wrong with many people and was called racist by viewers.

entertainment">“It was never my intention, but with this comment I have made sure that I have shaved them all over. I’m sorry ”, said Paul. “I apologize for this. We sometimes say you learn from mistakes, so I hope I really learned from this. Again my apologies, but it happened. ”

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