Halawa complaining about Late Late

Beechwoodspark

Abraham Hallawa complains that his Late Late show appearance was the “biggest mistake” of his life

Link here: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/late-late-show-appearance-is-the-biggest-mistake-of-my-life-ibrahim-halawa-36755437.html

Really? Really?!? This was the biggest mistake he ever made?

I watched the interview and thought by Tubridy’s admittedly poor standards he did a decent job and also Halawa was afforded a lot of opportunity to respond.

What do the good people of after hours think?

Hitman3000

Time to get the beers and popcorn....

Meant to add still amazed at the medical treatment available in the Egyptian prison system, his hand looked like it was never injured.....

SEPT 23 1989

“There were times after where I would wish I could go back to my prison cell,” said the 22-year-old.

Don't we all

Captain Obvious

I think he had to go through a terrible ordeal and the Irish were right to push for his release but I don't care what he has to say otherwise.

Yer Da sells Avon

He was on the receiving end of a cynical line of questioning usually reserved for politicians, not innocent people who've been incarcerated without trial in a dictatorship for several years. To be fair, he answered the questions very well, but that was never going to be enough for all the racists on the internet, many of whom refuse to even recognise the fact that he's an Irish citizen.

Oh no, I said 'racist'. I wonder if Boards' regular racist bores will all pile on now with a tedious chorus of "SJW" "libtard" "virtue signaller" "nothing's ever racist" "what's racist about..."

Mint Sauce

So attending a protest in Egypt wasn't?

odyssey06

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

“There were times after where I would wish I could go back to my prison cell,” said the 22-year-old.
Don't we all

Someone tell the Egyptians. Maybe they'll kidnap RT and make him their chief interrogator...

WoollyRedHat

Ha wouldn't be surprised if he returned to talk about his LLS ordeal.

Fann Linn

Halawa who?

Sir Oxman

I'm.confused.
Who's the baddy?
Is there a baddy here?

Beechwoodspark

Fann Linn wrote: »

Halawa who?

Google him

Fann Linn

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Google him

I know him.
Just guessed he'd flew off the radar, but obviously he's seeking more publicity.

riffmongous

Innocent until proven guilty right lads?

Gatling

So he would happily go back to his cell where he was tortured and starved ,
But still managed to bulk up

mickdw

Is it a case of him somehow believing that he had the full backing of the nation and would be dining out on his experience for many years to come then following late late coming to realise than people dont buy his line of crap and him quickly disappearing off the radar.

bee06

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Abraham Hallawa complains that his Late Late show appearance was the “biggest mistake” of his life

To be fair, I’d say there are a lot of people who feel the same about being on the Late Late.

kneemos

Everyone complains about the late late show.
Just proves he's a genuine Irishman

pauliebdub

It was a car crash interview that didn't generate the wave of public sympathy that he might have expected. He would have been better off not doing the interview at all.

Bob Harris

I'd say walking out of the cinema was a bigger mistake.

You have to hand it to Egyptian jails though, they really feed the inmates. A week out of jail and he was as fat as a christmas turkey on the late late.

baylah17

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

“There were times after where I would wish I could go back to my prison cell,” said the 22-year-old.

Don't we all

No

dr.fuzzenstein

odyssey06 wrote: »

Someone tell the Egyptians. Maybe they'll kidnap RT and make him their chief interrogator...

For God's sake, have some human decency!

ToddyDoody

It's all Tubridy''s fault.

spurious

#Ibelievehim.

123balltv

Publishers reject his book?

Rubberchikken

He should have thought twice before he went on either the LLS or that Egyptian holiday.
No sympathy for this guy whatsoever.

McCrack

riffmongous wrote: »

Innocent until proven guilty right lads?

No, innocent then acquitted but guilty

#istandwithpaddy

Arghus

I was one of the rare few who contributed to the thread on that late late who wasn't totally dead set against the guy before he even opened his mouth and even I have to say he can have very few complaints about that interview: It was pretty soft in all honesty.

He strikes me as not the sharpest tool in the toolshed.

quintana76

mickdw wrote: »

Is it a case of him somehow believing that he had the full backing of the nation and would be dining out on his experience for many years to come then following late late coming to realise than people dont buy his line of crap and him quickly disappearing off the radar.

You can't blame him in a way. The media disgraced themselves in their approach by treating the public like fools by distorting the truth on the issue. They had their own agenda but most of the public were somewhat cynical despite the constant barrage of one-sided, unquestioning coverage of the issue.

RayCon

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Abraham Hallawa complains that his Late Late show appearance was the “biggest mistake” of his life

I feel the exact same way anytime I've been unfortunate enough to watch the Late Late

Will I Am Not

Like many, I don’t believe his version of events at all but I won’t be going to march over a decision in a court of law in another country. That would be silly.

Kivaro

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

He was on the receiving end of a cynical line of questioning usually reserved for politicians, not innocent people who've been incarcerated without trial in a dictatorship for several years. To be fair, he answered the questions very well, but that was never going to be enough for all the racists on the internet, many of whom refuse to even recognise the fact that he's an Irish citizen.

Oh no, I said 'racist'. I wonder if Boards' regular racist bores will all pile on now with a tedious chorus of "SJW" "libtard" "virtue signaller" "nothing's ever racist" "what's racist about..."

Oh dear.
Didn't take long for the racist accusations to appear here just because the Halawa topic was brought up again. Trying to shut down a conversation by claiming racism doesn't work anymore.

Halawa himself is the reason why he is the newspapers again.
Many people believe he is a liar and a fraud.
When he said at the University of Limerick that "There were times after where I would wish I could go back to my prison cell"; it tells us a lot about his story.

Who would want to go back to a place where he suffered "four years of maltreatment" and where there is now "damage to his health caused by his incarceration" (Times Article)

The more he speaks publicly about his holiday trip to Egypt, the more his story does not make sense.

silverharp

he should go on dancing with the stars next year

Hitman3000

Kivaro wrote:

The more he speaks publicly about his holiday trip to Egypt, the more his story does not make sense.

The story never made sense, the b.s. spouted by his sister's on a regular basis made the story even more nonsensical.

w.b. yokes

Tubridy was abysmally weak on the subjects that mattered, as he was probably instructed to do

ScouseMouse

Hitman3000 wrote: »

The story never made sense, the b.s. spouted by his sister's on a regular basis made the story even more nonsensical.

And just like the crap in Belfast this week, everyone jumped on the bandwagon. Poor egyptian irish guy minding his own business on holiday and got arrested during a political protest. Awwwww.

Play the race card, "poor irishman locked up by the big bad egyptians" now everyone wants to "bring him home"......

****ing gob****e.

Rodin

Biggest mistake of his life?
What an idiot.

Galwayguy35

He came home whinging he wanted privacy, quickly realised people were grand with the idea of him disappearing into obscurity because we were sick hearing about him and next thing he is going on radio with the sisters telling the same old tired story nobody is interested in.

Fast forward a few months and here he is again whinging as usual.

mikemac2

RTÉ love z list celebs

They’ll probably give him a job on a reality TV show to keep him happy.

kneemos

Looks like he was right.

suicide_circus

mikemac2 wrote: »

RTlove z list celebs

They’ll probably give him a job on a reality TV show to keep him happy.

Bressie and Abraham coach a homeless camogie team

Berserker

Mint Sauce wrote: »

So attending a protest in Egypt wasn't?

Now, now. He didn't attend a protest. He was on holiday in Egypt and he happened to stumble upon a protest and the shortest route away from that protest was via the stage.

Yer Da sells Avon

Kivaro wrote: »

Oh dear.
Didn't take long for the racist accusations to appear here just because the Halawa topic was brought up again. Trying to shut down a conversation by claiming racism doesn't work anymore.

Took longer than I expected for the "nothing's ever racist" brigade to interject.

kneemos

Bitter internet people.

flutered

RayCon wrote: »

I feel the exact same way anytime I've been unfortunate enough to watch the Late Late

i avoid it like the plague it is

_Kaiser_

His story didn't add up given the known facts, he did himself no favours going on the LL (or indeed the radio interview he did in Cork with his sister which was arguably more damaging for him), and it would seem that there isn't as much support for him in the real world as he might have expected - ie: easy money from his tale and media publicity for him now that he's back.

Best thing he could do is get on with his life and give up trying to be a "celebrity" or "influencer" or whatever he's at.

end of the road

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

“There were times after where I would wish I could go back to my prison cell,” said the 22-year-old.

Don't we all

no . just a few posters on boards only. as far as the rest of us are concerned, he was acquited, released, job done.

quintana76 wrote: »

You can't blame him in a way. The media disgraced themselves in their approach by treating the public like fools by distorting the truth on the issue. They had their own agenda but most of the public were somewhat cynical despite the constant barrage of one-sided, unquestioning coverage of the issue.

the media simply reported the information given. they are guilty of nothing from what i can see.

Ken Tucky

Christ.. I've been giving out about 'The Late Late show" for years..

Oh dear did I say Christ...crucify me

Did I say say crucify....

I'm outta here

Hitman3000

end of the road wrote:

the media simply reported the information given. they are guilty of nothing from what i can see.

Nothing about the b.s. his sister's repeated to any media that were willing to listen too.

deco nate

end of the road wrote: »

no . just a few posters on boards only. as far as the rest of us are concerned, he was acquited, released, job done.



the media simply reported the information given. they are guilty of nothing from what i can see.

Well he said himself that he would rather be back in a cell, fecking let him go I say. He's a muppet that has lied about being starved, tortured, and shot in the hand that was so bad he nearly lost the use of. Yet somehow he was put in a cell with someone, by a miracle somehow cured him with whatever was lying around.


For someone that was starved he came out fat.
How does that happen?

Guy:Incognito

end of the road wrote: »

no . just a few posters on boards only. as far as the rest of us are concerned, he was acquited, released, job done.


.

Yeah, but he wasn't found innocent, was he. So therefore he must be guilty. Cant be having one rule for one foreign court case and a different rule for another.

Graces7

end of the road wrote: »

no . just a few posters on boards only. as far as the rest of us are concerned, he was acquited, released, job done.

the media simply reported the information given. they are guilty of nothing from what i can see.

Well great. Let anyone here try being a normal, well balanced person after what this young man endured in years of prison waiitng for trial