Since disgracing himself in a viral video of him drunkenly pretending to have sex with a dog (and forcefully kissing a woman without her consent) NRL player Mitchell Pearce has been rehabilitating out of the spotlight.
He spent four weeks at a clinic in Thailand without any communication back to friends in Australia, returning this morning to a media frenzy (and hugs from Mum).
Tonight, he sat down with Fox Sports’ chief NRL reporter James Hooper on new show NRL Tonight for his first proper sit-down interview.
Pearce fought back tears as he spoke of embarrassing himself and his family, saying that he watched the footage of his drunken actions for the first time with his mother, which made him “feel sick”.
“At this present moment, I’m a non-drinker and that’ll be the way I’ll be living my life,” he said.
We can’t help but notice that at no point in these interviews does Pearce mention the people in the video who he negatively affected, particularly the woman whose head he grabbed and forced into kissing him.
Watch below:
“But yeah, I am a binge drinker.” – Mitchell Pearce spoke to 7 News about alcohol, drugs and his future. STORY: http://yhoo.it/1KWW262#NRL #7News
Posted by 7 News Sydney on Sunday, 28 February 2016
If you’d like to see his first post-rehab interview with Fox Sports News, you can see it HERE.
Source: 7 News / Fox Sports.
Photo: 7 News.
