Maradona denies he is gay at FIFA World Cup 2010 press conference

[MultiGenius86]

Very sympathic hes not getting angry

[tripper85]

so in his theory..anyone not dating a pretty blonde girl is a faggot..

this guys a real piece of shit..last time i checked gays who prefer not coming out date pretty blonde girls to hide their identity.

[CapitalBhoy78]

GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME FACT!

MOST CHARISMATIC FOOTBALL MANAGER IN THE WORLD FACT!

I SHOULD STOP USING CAPITAL LETTERS TO EXPRESS MY POINT FACT!

[D10SArgentinaa]

0:16 to 0:23 hahahahah EPIC

[ARG3NT1N1AN]

Epic

[FiritzHD]

So what he gives them hugs and kisses but not on the lips like when I'm playing soccer against some other highschool team and I or my best friend or team mate makes a goal we dance and hug and give a kiss it don't mean nothing we just love soccer and so happy to had scored a goal it dosent mean ur gay

[neoflyboy]

IMPRESENTABLE. Un discriminador infame. The WORST POSSIBLE exponent of Argentina.

[Martinez1887]

legend XD

[Motherlode91]

Diego Armando Maradona the best forever .... :))))) LA MANO DE D10S

[Robin4ever1970]

he's like "wtf nigga?" haha

[Nienkx]

Is he like the coolest dude ever or what!

[its0Nah]

@Nienkx he's a controversial figure, sometimes hated for having a bad personality towards some subjects but loved for being the best football player that ever lived

[MrHokeykokey]

Lol! I hope he re-joins Argentina as manager again, or maybe becomes a manager in europe. He is great entertainment!

[seery899]

Haha what a legend!!

[vevebluster]

oh i wish he had become aston villa manager!!!!!!

[horta85]

Oh wow he thanks his players with hugs & kisses, what a awful person!

I hope you hating people die green of envy.

He was a great players, a great coach, and a good person!

How many people can say you you won a world cup, taken your team to the quarter finals, and be a good person in general?!

[Footballfan2256]

@horta85 agree 100% don't forget maradona has fought his addicitions not like some celebs who actually don't fight anything yes world cups but don't forget copa america cups and the pan am games

[darthsimon1]

CAPO! VOS SACAS DEL BOLSILLO LA MANO DE D10S

[MJJForeverandever]

que hijos de puta son los gringos, pero que boludes, como carajo vas a creer q el es gay solo porq se acarina con los jugadores?. Simplemente dejenlo en paz de una buena vez, che. "Yo les muestro my apreciacion a mis jugadores por el trabajo bien hecho" , Muy bien dicho. Maradona forever-para siempre.

[15puente]

@MJJForeverandever pa ru informacion no es un gringo pendejo, es un ingles idiota DE INGLATERRA no de Estados Unidos, k no sabes diferenciar entre el acento de un inges y de un americano? ni has de saber igles verdad pobre jodidoo

[AveFenixSoul1]

que pregunta de macho troglodita..en el norte ves a las mujeres muy liberadas,pero los tipos son tan grasas que te dan un poco de asco,de lo unico que saben bastante es de la birra y de fumarse e inhalarse todo,no se comprende como logran tener a sus paises en progreso constante??

[MJJForeverandever]

@AveFenixSoul1 exacto!! completamente de acuerdo contigo!

[MultiOswald]

maradona best player and coach ever

[conchagua]

A sad day in Argentina's soccer...

[myDREAMSELLER]

Lol The Look On His Face Was Soo Funny Maradona <3

[Omar444]

50 % for being a coach but he was the best player ever

[tuloth]

@ Bala666... the worst coach ever?? hmm yes he does give the players to much freedom when they play YES.. but on the other side he is good in other ways, he give much love the players and that is good for the team ... love maradona and a 5 place is not good for argentina ....

[HateFenians]

Best coach of the World Cup!

[ddt568]

1st i personaly dont like maradona.

2nd i feel that the question they asked was too personal.

[MRBBJC]

Is being gay somehow worse than being straight? Only if you are a bigot, you would think so. I'm gay and find his reaction insulting. He could just say with a straight face. "If you're asking me if I'm gay, the answer is no.

Next.

[nejibyakugankyo]

@MRBBJC unforunately, no matter how wrong it is, the football world still have a huge homophobic-ness.. not the players themselves but the fan

[horta85]

So many haters!

Can you say you won two world cups? Can you say as a experienced coach you taken a team so far? MARADONA!!!!

[Aguz25]

@horta85 He only won one world cup. And a 5 place is not good for Argentina...I'm from Argentina.

[SugarRayDi]

@Aguz25 Maradona won one world Cup (1986) and took Argentina to the final in 1990. That's very impressive.

[Noeldiego]

Say what you want about Diego but he is still the biggest star in fotball, today and always.

[Bala666]

The best player ever. The worst coach ever.

[Gonzalo91179]

@Bala666 so very true

[yojuacas]

You can't win a world cup with hugs and kisses, it doen't matter if you're Maradona, not even his hugs and kisses are that powerfull.

You need something that he does not have, and Vicente del Bosque does: intelligence and humility!

[PINTBULL2000]

@yojuacas desde cuando la humildad cuenta tarado esto es futbol

no es un monasterio jesuita,si sabes algo de futbol ni espana ni del bosque son nada

ganaron el peor mundial q he visto un mundial sin grandes figuras ni grandes equipos

ysi sabes de futbolmaradona salio campeon en un mundial donde brillaban figuras como platini,socrates lineker etc,maradona fracaso porque le falta mucho como tecnico no porque le falte humildad ,la verdad q pensas con el culo o no sabes nada de futbol

[Manuthecastor]

@PINTBULL2000 pffff hahahahahahahahahah, creo que el unico que no tiene idea de futbol eres tu, del bosque como entrenador no le gana nadie.

dices que no habia grandes figuras, pues que raro q estuviese messi, ronaldo, ronaldinho, rooney, forlan, klose, schweisteiger, etc y equipos fortisimos como uruguay, alemania, españa, inglaterra, etc.

lo unico que estas diciendo es que tienes envidia de españa nada mas

[samimiy]

True legend in oh so many ways!

[SuperWayz]

its all love...thers nothing gay in showing love to your people

[bubblesxoxo1234]

LMFAO his eyes when he was getting a bad translation... lol

[fatalitydeath]

0:18 "O_O wtf?"

[ace2246]

Just because the man displays some compassion people think he"s gay, some people need to get over their insecurities

[Soussi325]

@Ms32E HAHAHAHAHHAHA I LOVE YOUR CURIOSITY!! :P

While we are listenning what he's saying, you are noticing thaht kind of detaill! :P

[Veronikaynadamas]

Maradona always´s been hated by rich and powerfull buisness men and loved by poor and humild people

When i see what kind of people hates Maradona...more i love him

[ngc2712]

I hate Maradona

[Bloodline616]

@ngc2712 You are Peruvian and the world understands your frustration.

[SuperMrtincho]

wow, that reporter is an idiot. haha

[88OHA]

HAHAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHA too funny

[bakedpootetoo]

his girl is 31? hes almost 50 right? dam, pimpin!

i love his reaction, he's like "hell naw, i get pussy every night".

[MDahud]

@Ms32E One has the time of the country hes in, the other the time in Argentina. So he only wears two when hes in a different time zone, No other reason than that

[lonniegallam]

Maradona only leaves in the minds of the argentinan fanatics. For the rest of the world is a joke.

[xsoopaflyx31]

@lonniegallam maybe you're world. I'm not from Argentina and I think he's the best player to ever touch a ball.

[mg42GR]

Goodbye foolish argentina...greetings from greece..

[GermanMetal]

Maradona : Football = Jack Black : Movies

[FiendRoarDeityClaus]

hes like im so damn straight hahaha love you maradona !

[silversynth]

I hate him

[bigbluedog0]

he's like ... is this a real question?

funniest coach ever. have to love him.

[bosanac01]

@bigbluedog0 no homo right?

[Vash1286]

give maradona credit for coaching....most people who first start out suck...but he did better than average. He needs a another shot!

[Kezza237]

Really, he actually asked this? That man has some balls.

[Tehr0oni]

WE LOVE YOU MARADONA ...FOREVER <3

[serenella69sylvia]

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN HIS LIFE....HE STILL ROCKS!

[tinrealty]

that's right. I really want to see Maradona coach in the world cup 2014 for Argentina. I don't like the way of Germany playing in the soccer field. Its suck to see them win my favorite team this year, But I have a faith in Maradona that he will learn from experience and make it better in 2014, Argentina team makes the game so exciting, Germany is boring....

[gixxerguate]

@tinrealty

TROLO!

Boring? Where you watching the same game as the rest of the world?

They control and executed the game like a well oiled machine; got the job done and they are the ones going to the next level. Needless to say, they SCORE 4 goals, of of which came pretty early in the game. If you call that boring, you better tell Maradona to teach his players to be boring.

[MrNosepudo]

@tinrealty but they beat the crap of your team,and what can you say? boring? you should be in germany to see ppl there they were not boring? the boring ones were you and your ppl,sore losers,

[acarmelo1]

Lol he is Funny

[iraqibodybuilder]

to everyone that think maradona failed as a coach to his team..

u are dead wrong, he took them that far almost to the semi finals..how many countries failed to do so????

the game with germany is to belame the defence line....not maradona..

he is a great coach and the best player he was.

[genkijin]

damn lol he was like dont get me twisted...lol

[Vash1286]

i know George Lopez can do something similar with his eyes. 

[ringmails]

i hate sensitive people, like sometimes we hug or even kiss (face) each other of the same gender, its only because the affection of that particular moment, we want to show the happeness to others, its NOTHING doing with gay!! hello!! the ones that think in this way is STUPID and NAIVE; now for coincidence if this happen to the other guy is gay, then PLEASE dont get wrong, dont assume we do that because we r gay as well alrite people!! dont be too sensitive

[BLOoODY22]

The KING.

[Artemis458]

lol thats classic the way he makes his eyes go bigger

[mbraganca29]

que paso maradona? te fuiste??

un saludo uruguayo , QUE SIGUE EN EL MUNDIAL

VAMO ARRIBA LA CELESTE!!!!!!!!!

[goverpadron]

maradona dvuelo directo a casa jajajajajaj argentinos puñales, q golisa les metio alemania!!!! football europeo es superior al americano!!!!

[alinepoirot]

I m brazilain but i admit this guy is funny hhe

[lozfalcon]

Man, there's a world of difference between England and Argentina. That was funny. 

[GiGaG0nzo]

@lozfalcon yeah 1 goal difference :D

[ayanotdo]

lol, love this guy!

[k9instinct]

lool 0:15 to 0:25 was priceless.

[Fidget244]

What question? this something culture! When you pasion to thanksfull and happiness they are his kids XG!!

[amanda2173]

@Fidget244 YES. My family has been in the football many years and still there, an we hugs, kiss etc. now i am in europe and here they think i touch some one only becouse I want him(her). Our culture is like that. I do not understan that in 2010, other countries do not understand this???!!!!

[TheLukaPuka]

hahahaha omg this is funny xD

[GDPargentinean]

I'm argentinian and I'm cold as a german and I'm 18. And the "affectionate" style doesn't go with me, it's too bad for the culture, look at the hole Europe, it has a great economic because is not "affectionate" and that's the way a culture must be. I don't like Maradona because he shows this "affectionate" style, he's not a high class man not even medium class and that shows a nasty look to the country, it shows like if all of the 40 million people we are in Argentina are exactly like him.

[rr8299]

@GDPargentinean this is interesting,

[kocarryfan1]

@GDPargentinean

Cool story. So if he has been sad and not interesting PERSON you would say something like "I don't like Maradona because he shows his "serious stuff" just like other treiners."

If you Argentinian you should be proud because on that world cup manymanymany ppl support your team only because of him. Like me. I never interesting in team Argentina but when I sow Maradona and his "emotions" its become my favourite team on this cup. I hope they win.

[juano866]

@GDPargentinean argentina esta como esta por el caracter y valores de los argentinos...

[AlexTD86]

@GDPargentinean dude, life is not just economics... be proud of this "affectionate style" in Argentina. Nothing, and i say again, nothing is more boring and lifeless than the european lifestyle!

[chinchonchinchon]

@AlexTD86

So true, in Europe, I think excepting Italy, life is so stiff and aloof. Maradona messed up this world cup for Argentina, but I admit he is a very charismatic fellow.

[cupcake86eg]

I believe Maradona understood the journalist quite well, he just realized how stupid the question was, so he continued the joke anyway.. :)

[max34be]

this guyz bomb !

[withlove911]

LMAO you gotta love his facial expressions

[Agghasi]

This Guy Is Awesome

[dopeskies]

Maradona is the shit been a fan for ages plus he's a socialist lol

[HigherPlanes]

It's the nature of Argentinian and Uruguayan culture. I was born in Uruguay and raised in Argentina. And let me just be clear, we're very affectionate people. It may seem strange to Brits, which are very cold anyway, and it may even seem strange to Americans, but male friends do hug and kiss. It's sort of an insult on the interviewer's part to suggest homosexual tendencies.

[RustlingRagazza]

@HigherPlanes Pretty normal in southern Europe, too. It's the other side I find weird.

[BulenW]

I used to severely dislike this guy, but god, he's great at the World Cup

[RamonAllnightlong]

The BBC maintains its 100% record of never faltering to ask Maradona the stupidest of questions at every possible opportunity.

[yeldan8]

LOOOOOOOL so funny! :D

[dl8eb]

Argentine ron artest

also

Mia Hamm>Maradona

[TengoNoNombre]

@futboldeargentina

yo soy de Lima, Perú yo amo a Maradona, es el mejor del mundo, ojala y salga campeon. Peru los apoya, mis amigos estan en Sud Africa en la barra de Argentina y me dice cada vez que el oponente agarra la pelota, todo el estadio le pitea y les hacen boooooooooo , maricon suelta la bola jajajaj . El Perú no sabes, ADORAN a Maradona y kieren ver esa copa en Sud America. Ojala y sean los campeones, el CHE se lo merece.

[kentusmaximus]

Gotta love this little man, as an Englishman I dig the way he has lit up this rather drab world cup with his theatrics and showmanship. A true individual!!

[JamesBeyondSound]

haha, look at that eyeball omg haha.

[incubass]

LOOL, he's the MAN!!!

[aekara1987]

@82812007 Agree with you. In Greece we can welcome or say  goodbye to somebody by kissing him on each cheek no matter what's their gender

[epee2002]

@aekara1987 in egypt or generally arabs do that too cuz it`s forbidden to do this with women who rn`t ur wife sister mother daughter or aunt but every country has it`s own culture and traditions

[BedwithTed]

A lot of people were talking shit about him before Argentina started winning. I guess many people realized there was method to his madness... This guy don't give a fuuuu..

[Phernandustrong]

Maradona is a great personality!!! congratulations from Brasil El pibe!!!

[Hyperrj]

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

are you gay *eyes makes big*

[RamonAllnightlong]

He is the Godfather of God.

[Yeite89]

wtf, why on earth does the bbc lose its time in answering such a stupid question in such an inappropriate ironic way? fuck the bbc 

[forbetterme]

A Napoli e un Dio

[marracotube]

Ha, ha. I knowed the world was reacting this way when Maradona was entering the field, and hugged & kissed the players.

Past week, I was on a convention, a friend saluted me with a kiss, and a Greek dude could not believe it. Ha, ha. He asked if I was gay.

...

I lost the opportunity to tease him back.

[xoxvenom]

Maestro Diego maestro

[Caliman02]

Genio!! Maradona es genio!!!

[fh3r7]

Mirale los ojos que pone... es un grosso! Aguante Diego! Aguante Argentina!

[goilid]

Respect to maradona

[z3ooLa]

Lol, You gatta love that man ! he's so incredible !

[maorizio1]

You can't hate this guy, everybody loves Maradona :)

[muddwell]

@maorizio1 I feel the same about Les Murray ...

[galadriel16]

@maorizio1 he said bad things about the spanish team

so not everybody loves Maradona...

[P1ay3r7]

Para los que hablan español, les traduzco algo: Hola, sr Maradona; usted es muy afectivo con sus jugadores con abrazos y besos... ¿Puede el amor ayudar a ganar el mundial? em... ¿Es así de cariñoso con todos? ¿o es algo que aprendió como jugador? ¿Responde mejor... jajaja... tal vez la traducción es...

Blabbeando: Thx 4 the vid. Maradona's face s priceless XD

PS: limp wrist: synonym for flamingly homosexual.

lolitargentina, I think this expression is correct (even though yours is also right).

[ademarista]

los periodistas británicos preguntan unas tonterías..................

[viviponce1974]

@ademarista

No preguntan tonterías, solo que es raro para ellos. En Inglaterra y en varios países de Europa no se estila el besarse y abrazarse mucho. Lo se por experiencia, hace 5 años que vivo en UK y con los únicos que puedo ser afectuosa es con mi marido (francés) q no es muy demostrativo (ni a la madre besa) y con mis amigas latinas. Es muy raro ver gente besándose y abrazándose.

[amanda2173]

@ademarista no solo los britanicos aki en europa tambien se pueden asustar si uno muestra afecto.

[ademarista]

@amanda2173 ya, a mi me parece normal que como muestra de aprecio o afecto bese a los jugadores como si fueran familia.

[LogInAnders]

I think the question is legit. Is it better to be an affectionate or harsh coach. "Madonna" quicly twisted it to proove that there is no way that he is gay cause that would ruin the world.

[lolitargentina]

He says. !No. I like women. I like women, I'm dating Veronica. She is 31 years old, blonde, very pretty. No, no!. Let's not start... because otherwise people will think I break the wrist .... and it is not like that. The affect to my players is the appreciation for their work. Nothing more than that.

[KiraBlackwater]

I'm starting to warm to Maradona :D