An Argentinian tv host uncorked a bottle of champagne and toasted the demise of Queen Elizabeth II dwell on air on Thursday — fortunately declaring that “the previous b–ch has died.”
Santiago Cúneo, a Buenos Aires-based politician and journalist, was internet hosting a TV present when Buckingham Palace introduced the passing of the 96-year-old monarch.
In a clip of his present that went viral on-line, Cúneo is seen surrounded by white and blue balloons representing the colours of Argentina’s flag.
He pours himself some bubbly and begins consuming finger sandwiches because the chyron flashes a message that reads: “The previous bag of s–t has died.”
Cúneo heaped scorn on the deceased British monarch and celebrated her passing, saying that “the previous b–ch has died.”
“She’s completed for good,” he mentioned on the air. “Loud applause for Devil who has lastly taken her.”
The broadcaster’s outburst is an obvious expression of anti-British animus in Argentina, which stems largely from the 1982 Falklands Conflict, when the UK dispatched a naval activity pressure to retake management of the Falkland Islands after the Argentines invaded.
Regardless of the previous grievances, Argentina’s authorities formally mourned the Queen’s passing, saying that it “accompanies the British folks and her household on this second of grief.”
Cúneo, a member of the ruling Justicialist Celebration in Argentina, isn't any stranger to controversy.
In 2018, he was fired by the cable information channel Cronica TV after he was accused of spouting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, together with an alleged plot to create a Jewish state in elements of Argentina and Chile.
Whereas some Twitter customers laughed at Cúneo’s mockery of the Queen’s demise, others denounced him, saying he doesn't symbolize Argentina.
“I'm Argentinian and this man doesn’t symbolize me. We're sorry for this loss,” a Twitter person wrote.
The Queen’s demise was met with mockery and glee elsewhere on social media the place many Twitter customers summoned their anti-British animus in addition to their distaste for monarchies and royal households.
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon co-founder and one of many world’s richest folks, blasted a Carnegie Mellon professor who tweeted that she hoped the Queen suffered an “excruciating” demise, citing British colonialism within the creating world.
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