Tennis player banned from French Open for kissing TV reporter
Updated | By Jane Linley-Thomas
Awkward! All it took was a kiss to get him banned from the French Open and a lifetime of embarrassment!
This guy's behavior is totally overboard and oh-so embarrassing!
French tennis player Maxime Hamou, 21, was banned from the recent French Open after repeatedly kissing and groping a TV reporter, Maly Thomas, while she was broadcasting on live TV.
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It seems that he couldn't control his excitement because he just kept kissing her and pulling her forward towards him, with his hands around her shoulders. Although Maly was all smiles during the interview, according to Independent, she said that if she was not on air, she would have given him a punch to get him away from her.
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You can clearly see how uncomfortable she is as she tries to move away from him. As for the guy laughing hysterically, he also needs to learn some manners and he could have tried to prevent this awkwardness from happening.
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