Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters has attracted attention in the past not only musically, but also for his largely disturbing political statements. A few days ago, Austria became the center of his verbal blunders. To be precise: “an idiot from Austria”. What is the background?
The 80-year-old caused scandals with anti-Semitic words at concerts and sided with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in the war in Ukraine. The main culprit in the war in Ukraine, Waters said in a CNN interview in the summer of 2022, was the US.
A Russian TV station interviewed Waters a few days ago on this subject and reminded him that “the Ukrainian ambassador to Austria then called him a ‘cruel, heartless, confused and pro-Putin person’ and suggested he ‘go to Russia ‘. ‘.”
Would he consider that? Waters laughed loudly and then said that he would take the offer to move to Russia more seriously “than the statements of that idiot from Austria whose name I have already forgotten. Personally, I don’t give a fuck, but let’s leave it be.”
Scherba: Waters supports Putin
However, what was meant was not the current Ukrainian ambassador to Austria, Vasyl Khymynets, but his predecessor, Oleksandr Scherba. At the time, he even heavily criticized Waters on social media after his statements.
In response to a ‘Krone’ request, Scherba commented on Waters’ insults: ‘Roger Waters was once someone who made good music. Now he is someone who de facto supports Putin in his war and is even considering moving to Russia. Before the war, he said that anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature understood that Russia would not attack Ukraine. Now everyone sees how wrong he was. Everyone sees what Russia is doing in Ukraine: murdering, raping, torturing, beheading. Instead of repenting and apologizing to the Ukrainian people, Mr. Waters continues to serve his idol in the Kremlin. He is a disgrace to his country, to music, to humanity.”
Source: Krone
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