{"id":39426,"date":"2022-02-10T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=39426"},"modified":"2022-02-10T12:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:40:44","slug":"breaking-michail-antonio-comments-on-zouma-incident-is-what-hes-done-worse-than-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/breaking-michail-antonio-comments-on-zouma-incident-is-what-hes-done-worse-than-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Michail Antonio comments on Zouma incident: &#8220;Is what he&#8217;s done worse than racism?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teammate of West Ham player, Kurt Zouma, has spoken out after a video of his abusing his pets went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Zouma&#8217;s actions were met with outrage this week after he was seen kicking and slapping his cat &#8211; and calls have been made to ban him from playing football.<\/p>\n<p>A video posted today by Sky Sports, saw Michail Antonio\u00a0 questioning the hate towards Zouma\u00a0 &#8211; asking if animal abuse if worse than racism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">West Ham&#8217;s Michail Antonio has questioned the reaction to Kurt Zouma kicking his cat, asking if it&#8217;s worse than players convicted of racism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QchAIeXOsT\">pic.twitter.com\/QchAIeXOsT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1491718657927528450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the video, a reporter asked: \u201cShould there be a harsher punishment for Zouma for what he did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antonio said: \u201cI\u2019ve got a question for you; do you think what he\u2019s done is worse than racism?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not condoning a thing that he\u2019s done; I don\u2019t agree with what he\u2019s done at all, but there\u2019s people that have been convicted and have been caught for racism that have played football afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey got punished they got a game punishment or something like that, but people are now calling for people to be sacked and for them to lose their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to ask this question to everyone out there. Is what he\u2019s done worse than what the people have done who have been convicted of racism?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manager, David Moyes\u2019 decision to start the 27-year-old on Tuesday night against Watford has led to West Ham\u2019s losing sponsorships as well.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, a second sponsor withdrew its support for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Experience Kissimmee, a tourism authority for Osceola County, Florida, have joined Vitality, West Ham\u2019s wellness partner, and suspended its sponsorship with the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperience Kissimmee announced today that it has ended its sponsorship of\u00a0West Ham United\u00a0Football Club,\u201d the club\u2019s destination partner said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a video went viral of Zouma drop kicking his cat across his kitchen floor, and people have called for a harsher punishment for the Frenchman.<\/p>\n<p>The defender issued an apology, but has lost his sponsorship with Adidas on Wednesday, has been fined \u201cthe maximum amount possible\u201d, \u00a3250,000, and the RSPCA have taken Zouma\u2019s two cats into care and are currently conducting an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>More than 270,000 people have signed an online petition on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/prosecute-kurt-zouma-remove-all-his-animals-to-a-place-of-safety-immediately\">change.org<\/a>, calling for Zouma to be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video here<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nS9n7_OVWo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teammate of West Ham player, Kurt Zouma, has spoken out after a video of his abusing his pets went viral. 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