Two months have passed since Omar Adam released the song that caused a stir in “Cockatoo”. This past weekend, during a performance at Menora Mivtachim Hall in Tel Aviv, the singer chose to apologize for the song, which contains lyrics in Russian, and was perceived by his critics as an insult and an insult.
“I want to take this opportunity, that you are here next to me and not on TV or on the net, to say that if someone is hurt I really apologize, and of course you know there was no intention to hurt,” immediately afterwards Adam sang the song again. Him on the station’s playlist.
As you may recall, the Minister of Transportation, Merav Michaeli, also opposed the song, and in a post she posted on the Internet, she wrote: “I wish I could be as light and cool as Omar Adam, I wish. I wish I could say what the problem is, .
In a post posted on Facebook, Adam wrote, “Dear Mrs. Michaeli, First of all respect that you take the song so seriously, my family and I are of Caucasian descent and never intended to hurt anyone. The song was written by the writers with self humor and performed by me as well.”
“Michaeli writes a post to promote your political status”
Adam added: “So please before you write a post to advance your political status take a breather, deal with your own affairs and before you preach morality to me or try to defend a community of which you are a part you should treat your facts with respect. “Your partner, who, unlike me, is consciously trying to make fun of the whole country and also of the Russian community. Despite everything, the minister loves you, hopes you try to do something useful in the transportation industry.”
Omar Adam in concert Photo: None