Konstantin Kisin
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No disrespect to him.
He was a pretty terrible prime minister.
He's British.
He's very, very culturally British.
I totally respect that.
And I am British too.
I wasn't even born here.
I am way more British than I am Russian.
I mean, Russians look at me and they go, who the fuck is that guy?
So that's the first thing.
The second thing is they keep bringing it up like out of context.
And they keep saying, they keep acting as if I was trying to say Rishi Sunak doesn't belong.
Exactly, right.
Whereas I said in that very same conversation, my son born to two immigrants in this country is also not English.
Am I being racist against my son?
So they're taking an opinion about the difference between ethnicity and cultural identity and nationality and making it into a race thing, right?
But I think your point is, and look, the thing is, when someone who looks like you says it, everyone sort of goes, ooh, cringe.
I have friends from all over the world who land at Heathrow.
I go and pick them up at the airport.
They're black, white, brown, and they all say the same thing.