MILAN — AC Milan vice-president Paolo Berlusconi has landed the Serie A giants in hot water after making a racist remark days after the unveiling of new signing Mario Balotelli.
Reuters
A video clip posted on Italian media websites shows Berlusconi, the brother of club president and former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, making the comment while flanked by a group of male companions.
“And now let’s go and watch the little black boy of the family, the crazy head,” the vice-president says in the video posted on Tuttosport (www.tuttosport.com) and other Italian news websites, including La Repubblica and Corriere TV.
“All the young ladies are invited as well — you can even have a chance to meet the president,” Berlusconi added, directing the comment off-camera and raising a few chuckles from onlookers.
Italian media said Berlusconi made the comment on Sunday at the end of a political meeting in Varedo, near Milan.
Balotelli, who was transferred from Manchester City last week, made his debut for Milan on Sunday and scored both goals in their 2-1 home victory over Udinese. Internet users expressed disgust at Berlusconi’s comment in online chatrooms.
“The idiot . . . family, to say the least,” wrote one user on a discussion board on Tuttosport’s website.
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