Lamine Yamal: Defend small people’s superstar

The controversy to participate in the lower-keepers with small growth in the birthday party of football superstar Lamine Yamal is head for in Spain. One of the artists who were hired by the FC Barcelona professional rejected the criticism of a association for people with small growth (adee). “Nobody treated us (at the party) disrespectfully, we should simply let us work in peace,” he said in the interview of the radio station RAC1.

The man, whose identity is known to the broadcaster, but who wants to remain anonymous, emphasized: “I don’t understand what is so special about it. We are normal people who are completely legally doing what we want.”

ADEE President Carolina Puente had sparked the controversy with the criticism that it was “unacceptable that in the 21st century people with small growth were still used as entertainment on private celebrations”. It is even more serious “if public personalities like Lamine Yamal are involved”. Puente let you take legal action.

The Spanish law prohibits the degradation of people with small growth and other physical peculiarities or disabilities. Regardless of this, the left central government in Madrid plans to tighten the law on Tuesday with fines of up to one million euros.

In the context of polemics around Yamal, the responsible general director in the Ministry of Social Rights, Jesús Martín Blanco, emphasized the presumption of innocence. However, the public prosecutor, the Ombudsman and the position for hate crimes in the Interior Ministry were asked for investigations. There was initially no statement by football professionals or FC Barcelona.

Yamal celebrated his 18th birthday after media reports at the weekend in a finca in Olivella about 50 kilometers southwest of Barcelona. There were teammates and many well -known artists of the Spanish -speaking world, such as the successful Argentine DJ and songwriter bizarre.

The national player and European champion from 2024 meanwhile published a video and photos of his party on Instagram. On this, the small (approximately 1.50 tall) Dominican rapper Chimbala can be seen on the side of the host – both singing and with a microphone in hand.

Meanwhile, several artists and media commentators hit the player’s side. The artist Juan alias Míster Beke, who himself has small growth, criticized the attitude of organizations such as Adee on TV. His work in the show business is voluntary, he does not feel discriminated against. Míster Peke accuses Adee of wanting to make people with small growth invisible.