By Joël Pütz | Sports journalist
By publicly supporting a conspiratorial and anti-vaccine political figure, Rudy Gobert has attracted a lot of enemies in the United States. And on the French side, the explanations provided by those close to the superstar are not convincing either…
If there's one thing NBA fans complain about Rudy Gobert for years, it was his role in the coronavirus pandemic that put the NBA on pause during the 2019-20 season. As a reminder, the Frenchman was the first player in the league to test positive, just a few days after making fun of the illness in front of journalists… The affair therefore caused a wave of quite monstrous anger.
More than four years after the events, many people still blame him for his admittedly inappropriate attitude. If Gobzilla is one of the most hated players in the United States today, it's also because of this… and the situation should only get worse now, after his controversial tweet on American politics.
The Rudy Gobert clan explains its support for Robert Kennedy Jr
As a reminder, Rudy Gobert has decided to publicly support Robert Kennedy Jr., new Minister of Health under Donald Trump. A man known for a long time for his conspiratorial ideas, in particular in relation to covid-19… If the player has not yet explained his public position, those close to him decided to speak out to justify the latter during an interview granted to the Team :
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Very committed to the fight against additives in American industrial food, Rudy simply wanted to show his support for the appointment of a personality who is committed to fighting what is considered a scourge there.
To be honest, we very much doubt that this will be enough to put out the huge fire…
Worse still, the Frenchman could not have chosen worse timing. November 15 marks the birthday of his former teammate Karl-Anthony Towns, who lost 8 members of his family including his mother due to the pandemic. As for the French fans in any case, we absolutely do not believe the explanations of the kingpin's clan:
@Valentin_Porte : It stinks like shit
@alerion24_ : Rudy takes us for idiots
OOCEuroleagueFR :Pass your ass, Rudy
Those close to Rudy Gobert wanted to calm things down regarding his speaking out about Robert Kennedy Jr., but that only made things worse. perhaps he really supports him on the subject of industrial food on American soil… but the pivot of the French team was extremely clumsy.
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