Luis Rubiales refused to personally apologise to Jenni Hermoso for kissing her on the lips after the Women’s World Cup final and said he would “100 per cent” have behaved the same way towards the Spain men’s team.
The former Spanish football association (RFEF) president resigned from his post during an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored on Sunday following three weeks of criticism and calls for his resignation. Hermoso said the kiss was not consensual, which Rubiales denies.
In the full interview, which was broadcast on TalkTV on Tuesday, Rubiales said he had made a mistake but maintained the kiss was consensual, explained that him being tactile with the squad was due to Latin culture and said he was not concerned about criminal charges because “take a look at my face, I am a good guy.”
When asked if he would personally apologise to Hermoso, Rubiales said: “So what happened is bad for everyone. We had Jenni lifting me. We had the fleeting kiss, two tenths of a second, but what was created from that is crazy. So what’s left for me is to defend my dignity. So it’s not about that Piers, it’s about humility.”
When asked three more times if he would apologise to Hermoso, he continued: “So what we had is a spontaneous act, a mutual act, an act that both…
 president resigned from his post during an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored on Sunday following three weeks of criticism and calls for his resignation. Hermoso said the kiss was not consensual, which Rubiales denies. In the full interview, which was broadcast on TalkTV on Tuesday, Rubiales said he had made a...){kind=link}