Chris Jericho Addresses Flag Incident – Apologizes

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May 25, 2012

Following WWE indefinitely suspending Chris Jericho after an incident where he reportedly denigrated the Brazilian flag during a match against WWE Champion CM Punk, Chris Jericho had the following comments for WWE.com…

“I made a bad judgment call in the course of entertaining fans in Brazil.

I apologized to the people in the crowd for showing disrespect.

It was a bad move. I did it with fans’ entertainment in mind and I’ll accept the consequences for that.”

Chris Jericho posted the following on Twitter this morning..

“Just for the record I love Brazil and wish we could’ve spent more time here. Beautiful country!”

WWE announced Friday that Chris Jericho has been suspended indefinitely due to an irresponsible act at a WWE live event in São Paulo, Brazil on May 24.

Chris Jericho suspended

Chris Jericho as been suspended indefinitely due to an irresponsible act of denigrating the Brazilian flag at a WWE live event in São Paulo on May 24. WWE has apologized to the citizens and the government of Brazil for this incident.

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