Robin Uthappa criticised Michael Clarke for releasing the old Slapgate video, calling it disrespectful and unnecessary after so many years.
Former India cricketer Robin Uthappa strongly criticised Michael Clarke for making the old Slapgate video public without Harbhajan Singh or Sreesanth’s approval. The footage, from the 2008 IPL, showed Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth after a match.
Although the incident had created a storm back then, the video had never surfaced. Clarke obtained it during an interview with former IPL chairman Lalit Modi and later released it on his YouTube channel. The clip quickly went viral, upsetting both families, who believed the matter was long settled.
Uthappa accused Clarke of lacking empathy and argued that the release reopened painful memories for the players involved. He felt the video’s publication served only to gain attention, disregarding the dignity of those directly affected.
“That whole Slapgate thing that happened in the IPL. What the f*** man? How does someone get away with stuff like that?” Uthappa said on the KimAppa show with Jarrod Kimber.
“Now, imagine we put up a clip of something that an Australian did that was offensive, that was kept under wraps for the respect of that whole situation, to save the respect of that situation, which is an impulsive, bad decision that a human being made… Now that you have gone and interviewed someone, and you have got access to the file, do you think you have the right to publish it, put that into the world, and make those two people go through that whole emotion, that raw emotion, 20 years later?” he added.
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He also highlighted the double standards, stating that some individuals escape accountability more easily than others.
“Where is your sense of sensitivity and empathy for other people?” Uthappa asked.
“We all make mistakes, but are we going to keep putting it out there to make people go through the embarrassment of the wrong choices the person has made? For me, it’s guys who aren’t brown skinned who get away with it a lot more. Today, we are speaking about Sunny G having an opinion on what other countries speak about Indian cricket. But what about this? Imagine the human implications of this… You can’t treat people like crap just because it’ll get you more views,” the former cricketer concluded.
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Last Updated on September 3, 2025
