Paris — Olympique Lyonnais and Norway forward Ada Hegerberg won the inaugural Ballon d’Or award for the best player in women’s football on Monday, however the moment was tarnished when DJ Martin Solveig asked her to “twerk” after receiving the prize. Hegerberg, who helped lead Lyon to win the women’s Champions League last season, looked embarrassed and answered “no ” after Solveig asked her in French to do the provocative dance. “You’ve seen that I prepared a little celebration for [France forward] Kylian [Mbappe] so we said we’re going to do something similar. Do you know how to twerk?” asked French DJ Solveig, who co-hosted the awards with David Ginola.
Solveig was criticised on social media following his exchange with 23-year-old Hegerberg and quickly apologised for his comments with a video posted on Twitter. “I’m a little amazed and astonished with what I’m reading on the internet, of course I didn’t want to offend anyone,” he said. “This was a joke, probably a bad one, I...
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