LIVERPOOL and Spain goalkeeper Pepe Reina is in hot water after starring in an advert branded as racist.
In the commercial for Spanish insurance company Groupama, Reina is seen joining a black jungle tribe.
The shot-stopper, whose name means ‘Queen’ in Spanish, is introduced to a spear-wielding tribal chief who declares: “Me King, you Queen.”
Reina responds by raising his eyebrows and saying sarcastically: “I feel safe.”
The advert is one of a series of ads which show the goalkeeper in ‘comically’ unsafe situations, and grateful for his insurance.
Simon Woolley, director of British pressure group Operation Black Vote, said: “I’m shocked. How would the Spanish feel if the English stereotyped
Spanish people as backward, stupid and animalistic homosexuals?
“Does he think his black team-mates will laugh at his joke?”
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ohh come on man arnt we allowed a little humour anymore…get your head from out of the sand and enjoy life not have a chip on you shoulder.
“Does he think his black team-mates will laugh at his joke?”
Where has Simon Wooley been living? Reina’s black teammates publicly stood by lauding Suarez during his far worse show of racism so I really doubt they will give two shakes of a monkeys boaby about it. Who knows, they may even a make a t-shirt in appreciation of him