Alexandra and Andrea Botez say human rights comments out of context following backlash Instagram: missbotezThe Botez sisters, Alexandra and Andrea, came under fire over comments on human rights during a Twitch stream in Dubai but have clarified that \u201cif you don\u2019t listen to the entire discussion, certain nuances are going to be missed.\u201d Alexandra and Andrea Botez are currently in Dubai at the time of writing for the World Chess Championship, an ongoing match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi. With viewers of their stream discussing the laws and lifestyle in Dubai, and some speaking down on the country, the sisters spoke out about the situation. While they obviously didn\u2019t think their comments would be controversial, it became a huge topic of discussion within the stream, with the pair later having to address it once again to explain their comments. \u201cHere\u2019s all I\u2019m trying to say,\u201d Alex said. \u201cWe\u2019re in Dubai, so I\u2019m not going to say anything in particular about this country, the only thing that bothers me is when people from first-world or developed countries sh*t on developing countries for doing things that those developed countries also did in the first place.\u201d Alex did suggest that that\u2019s not the end of the discussion, though, adding that \u201cWe will have some conversations when we\u2019re back in the U.S.\u201d Alex clarifies comments That wasn\u2019t the end of it, though. Alex later clarified her comments after some backlash from viewers. Despite saying that \u201cwe can chat about certain things at home,\u201d Alex didn\u2019t want to end her point there. \u201cIt\u2019s not that \u2018other countries did it, so we can do it as well\u2019,\u201d she explained. \u201cThis is a longer discussion, we\u2019re not going to be able to \u2026 if you just listen to sound bites and don\u2019t listen to the entire discussion, then certain nuances are going to be missed.\u201d Botez backlash With the stream ending just a few minutes later, many fans and critics failed to buy into what the Botez sisters were saying, including questioning why they can\u2019t question human rights abuses. Others didn\u2019t have quite so nuanced a response, with one user on Twitter simply saying that it was \u201cpretty cringe.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/kiltyourself\/status\/1467783164160458753 Regardless, the comments made by the streamers seem to have riled a few people up, but there\u2019s no doubt Alex and Andrea will be addressing the situation once they arrive back home in the States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alexandra and Andrea Botez say human rights comments out of context following backlash Instagram: missbotezThe Botez sisters, Alexandra and Andrea, came under fire over comments on human rights during a Twitch stream in Dubai but have clarified that \u201cif you don\u2019t listen to the entire discussion, certain nuances are going to be missed.\u201d Alexandra and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}