Post by The Lord Flasheart on May 30, 2016 14:51:32 GMT
Francis has come under fire for slagging off big people. 'I don't like large people' in an interview while telling a bizarre anecdote about making friends with an overweight woman.
The 67-year-old guitarist told a newspaper that he had met an 'extremely large woman' at a festival in the US and spent hours talking to her backstage.
He added that the experience had been 'a learning curve' because he usually does not enjoy the company of people who are overweight.
But members of the public said they were 'disgusted' by his views, adding: 'He needs to have a good look in the mirror.'
Mr Rossi's outburst came during an interview with the Guardian in which he reminisced about the 'strangest person' he'd ever met at a festival in his 50-year career.
He said: 'There was a festival we did in America once, and I remember being sat next to this extremely large woman - and I don't mean tall, I mean in every which way.
'She was the nicest woman I'd ever met - I must have sat three or four hours with her.
'I felt perhaps that was a learning curve for me. I can still see her face. I knew I'd never see her, ever again. It was strange for me, because I don't like large people.'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616253/Outrage-Status-Quo-rocker-Francis-Rossi-says-don-t-like-large-people.html
The 67-year-old guitarist told a newspaper that he had met an 'extremely large woman' at a festival in the US and spent hours talking to her backstage.
He added that the experience had been 'a learning curve' because he usually does not enjoy the company of people who are overweight.
But members of the public said they were 'disgusted' by his views, adding: 'He needs to have a good look in the mirror.'
Mr Rossi's outburst came during an interview with the Guardian in which he reminisced about the 'strangest person' he'd ever met at a festival in his 50-year career.
He said: 'There was a festival we did in America once, and I remember being sat next to this extremely large woman - and I don't mean tall, I mean in every which way.
'She was the nicest woman I'd ever met - I must have sat three or four hours with her.
'I felt perhaps that was a learning curve for me. I can still see her face. I knew I'd never see her, ever again. It was strange for me, because I don't like large people.'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616253/Outrage-Status-Quo-rocker-Francis-Rossi-says-don-t-like-large-people.html
