Teary PM Defends Work Record, Right to Private Life after Partying Scandal at Packed Helsinki Club
- 2 years ago
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin delivered an emotional speech on Wednesday, touting her job performance and defending her right to a private life after leaked videos showed the leader dancing and partying wildly.
“I am human too,” Marin was quoted as saying by Finnish media, his voice cracking and his eyes red.
“This week has not been easy. It has been difficult. But I want to believe that people look at the work we do, not what we do in our spare time."
Marin's moving comments came a day after she apologized for a topless photo of two influencers kissing during a party the senior leader had hosted at the prime minister's official residence in Helsinki in July.
"I do my job. I learn from this,” Marin told a crowd of supporters in the southern city of Lathi.
Marin's public mea culpa, in which she described the image as "inappropriate," came after an earlier scandal that erupted after videos were leaked showing Marin wildly dancing and singing with a group of famous friends at another gathering. Social.
A separate video published by a Finnish tabloid last week appeared to show Marin, who is married with a young son, dancing intimately with a man in a nightclub.
The backlash sparked by the video recordings led Marin to voluntarily submit to a drug test, which she passed on Monday.
“I am human too,” Marin was quoted as saying by Finnish media, his voice cracking and his eyes red.
“This week has not been easy. It has been difficult. But I want to believe that people look at the work we do, not what we do in our spare time."
Marin's moving comments came a day after she apologized for a topless photo of two influencers kissing during a party the senior leader had hosted at the prime minister's official residence in Helsinki in July.
"I do my job. I learn from this,” Marin told a crowd of supporters in the southern city of Lathi.
Marin's public mea culpa, in which she described the image as "inappropriate," came after an earlier scandal that erupted after videos were leaked showing Marin wildly dancing and singing with a group of famous friends at another gathering. Social.
A separate video published by a Finnish tabloid last week appeared to show Marin, who is married with a young son, dancing intimately with a man in a nightclub.
The backlash sparked by the video recordings led Marin to voluntarily submit to a drug test, which she passed on Monday.