The internet couldn’t stop talking about Prince Andrew’s sweat – the only 6 comments you need to read
In a surprising move, Prince Andrew agreed to a no-holds barred interview to address accusations connected to his friendship with the convicted sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein. At the heart of the claims is the insistence by Virginia Giuffre that the she had been “procured” for sex with the Queen’s second youngest son when she was just seventeen years of age, which he categorically denies.
In response to Emily Maitlis addressing the accusation, Prince Andrew insisted his alibi involved having been at Pizza Express in Woking, which caused quite the reaction online, but he doubled down with this nugget.
“I didn’t sweat at the time because I had suffered what I would describe as an overdose of adrenalin in the Falkland’s War when I was shot at.”
Prince Andrew disputes claims he had a sweaty dance with a woman who made allegations against him https://t.co/gfKvOEFG9p #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/7ZKscPB5lX
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 16, 2019
Not being medical experts, we couldn’t possibly comment …although these medical experts did comment.
As a stethoscope owning medical practitioner, I am calling bullshit on adrenaline overdose leading to an inability to sweat.
— Dr Philip Lee (@drphiliplee1) November 16, 2019
I have never ever heard of an “overdose of adrenaline” leading to the inability to sweat. Unless there is a huge knowledge gap in my physiology, I think he’s just made that up. #Newsnight
— Dave Jones 🏴🏳️🌈 (@WelshGasDoc) November 16, 2019
A lot of non-medical – as far as we know – tweeters had plenty to say on the matter.
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Aren't we all just out here looking for the person who can help us learn to sweat again?
— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) November 17, 2019
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#PrinceAndrewInterview
I can’t sweat Love, shot at in the Falklands, I’ve got special skin, Doctors are baffled by it. pic.twitter.com/Xn45ck4Bob— John Ollier (@JohnOllier3) November 17, 2019
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"We were not invading. We only came to Woking because we heard about its famous Pizza Express and the man who does not sweat" #waroftheworlds pic.twitter.com/xZEuTn0xBd
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) November 17, 2019
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After Prince Andrew said his thing about not being able to sweat, Emily Maitlis should have paused and said "Sure".
Sure is an antiperspirant, you see.
I think both of them would have had a chuckle. Andrew might have just confessed. Just laughed and shrugged and confessed.
— twitch.tv/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) November 17, 2019
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If Prince Andrew couldn't sweat did he run around with his tongue hanging out?
— The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) November 17, 2019
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“I lost my ability to sweat after being shot” is a fucking world class dog ate my homework excuse though, isn’t it? Imagine going for that line and thinking you can get away with it.
— . (@twlldun) November 17, 2019
Larry, the Downing Street cat, who must surely have seen more than his fair share of clandestine shenanigans, had some sympathy …but not for the unsweaty prince.
You have to feel for Netflix; an episode of The Crown costs them £10m+ and they’ve just been outdone by #Newsnight who bought a bottle of water and moved some furniture…#PrinceAndrew pic.twitter.com/bdbkx4JBTW
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) November 16, 2019
Source: BBC Newsnight, Twitter, Image: BBC Newsnight screengrab, Twitter
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