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Protester interrupts Blatter conference

By on July 20, 2015
Sepp Blatter

A British comedian on Monday interrupted a press conference by Sepp Blatter
in Zurich throwing paper money in front of the bemused FIFA president just as
he was about to speak.

The 79-year-old Blatter was about to give details of a special election for
a new president when he was interrupted by Simon Brodkin, who was immediately
taken away by security guards.

The press conference was halted for a few minutes while the paper was cleaned
up before Blatter returned and blamed the incident on “a lack of education”.

On his way out, Brodkin — stage name Lee Nelson — threw another bundle of
notes at a clearly shaken Blatter, saying “here you go Sepp”.

After the stunt, Brodkin tweeted a photo of himself with the message: “Excited
to be at FIFA meeting Sepp Blatter to secure the #NorthKorea2026 World Cup.”

The comedian is not new to showing up to events uninvited. He invaded the stage
during rapper Kanye West’s set at the Glastonbury music festival last month.

More video of Sepp Blatter conference

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