XFactor host Dermot O’Leary confronts anti-Semitic Arsenal chanting
Dermot O’Leary confronted fellow Arsenal fans in a bar after hearing them sing anti-Semitic songs about London rivals Spurs.
The XFactor host was in Belgium with journalist Boyd Hilton to watch Arsenal’s Champions League match against Anderlecht, when he heard the supporters chanting in a bar after the game.
The Sun reported Hilton saying on his football podcast: “Arsenal fans started singing words like ‘Yiddo’.
Then some of them did the gas chambers noises.
Dermot was ready to physically have a go at them. He was furious.”
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