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Since I don’t follow soccer/football whatsoever – SORRY – I had to wiki “Ballon d’Or.” Ballon d’Or is a prestigious annual football award which has traditionally gone to the best male football player from the previous year of play. The award is handed out by the French Football association, and the award is voted on by sports journalists. It’s been happening since 1956, and this year was the first year that the organization decided to also recognize the best female football player of the year and give her a separate Ballon d’Or Award. This year’s winner is Ada Hegerberg, a Norwegian woman who has spent her entire career just killing it. While I’m not a football person, this video gave me goosebumps:

?? Olympique Lyonnais player Ada Hegerberg wins the first women’s Ballon d’Or of the history! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/VftyQ8VDec

— #ballondor (@francefootball) December 3, 2018

So, she’s an incredible player, a once-in-a-generation athlete, she’s this generation’s Mia Hamm, and literally millions of little girls and little boys just flat-out worship her. She’s such a groundbreaking talent that a prestigious French football organization changed their rules just to give her an award. When she got up to receive the Ballon d’Or, she gave a speech about working hard and achieving her dreams and wanting to inspire little girls. And then the host, a DJ d-bag named Martin Solveig, asked her to twerk. Ugh.

Imagine winning the first EVER women’s Ballon d’Or.

Then giving an unbelievable speech about how big this is for women’s football.

Then asking little girls to believe in themselves.

THEN being asked to twerk. Fuck off dude. pic.twitter.com/MkbL5KZalD

— Frances Silva (@fasilva11) December 3, 2018

The disrespect was real. The horror and disgust was palpable. Within a few hours, Solveig apologized and tried to act like it was all some big misunderstanding:

Sincere apologies to the one I may have offended. My point was : I don’t invite women to twerk but dance on a Sinatra song. Watch the full sequence People who have followed me for 20 years know how respectful I am especially with women pic.twitter.com/pnZX8qvl4R

— Martin Solveig (@martinsolveig) December 3, 2018

I explained to @AdaStolsmo the buzz and she told me she understood it was a joke. Nevertheless my apologies to anyone who may have been offended. Most importantly congratulations to Ada pic.twitter.com/DATdg0TfQk

— Martin Solveig (@martinsolveig) December 3, 2018

She was doing what women have done since the beginning of time: pretending to be unbothered so that some douche-bro’s fragile ego won’t get hurt.

Sir Andy Murray, Tennis Feminist, was really f–king pissed off about this too.

Andy Murray on women’s Ballon d’Or winner Ada Hegerberg being asked to twerk on stage tonight… pic.twitter.com/XWhchKnWvW

— Stuart Fraser (@stu_fraser) December 3, 2018

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