Rod Stewart’s Reason for Kicking $1 Million World Cup Offer Was Too Cool

Last Updated on 11/17/2022 by てんしょく飯

Rod Stewart, one of Britain’s most popular singers, has revealed that he was offered $1 million to perform at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup, but turned it down.

Criticism over the FIFA World Cup in Qatar

The FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial soccer festival, will finally be held in Qatar, beginning on November 2o. While most World Cups have been held in June, this will be the first time the tournament will be held in the winter.

 

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While many soccer fans are eagerly awaiting the World Cup, there has been a wave of criticism over the humanitarian issues taking place in Qatar.

In addition to problems with laws that persecute the rights of LGBTQ+ people and women, inhumane treatment of migrant workers has also become an issue in Qatar, where approximately 6,500 migrant workers were found dead and wages unpaid during the construction of a stadium.

Furthermore, Zep Blatter, who was president of FIFA at the time of the decision to host the tournament, said of hosting the tournament in Qatar, “It is clear to me. Qatar was a mistake. The choice was wrong,” he said in Tages-Anzeiger, Switzerland.

Dua Lipa, who had been rumored by the celebrity world to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup, denied it and said, “I look forward to visiting Qatar when all the human rights pledges Qatar made when it won the right to host the World Cup have been fulfilled. There was a slapstick uproar before the opening ceremony, as he commented on Instagram.

And now, he revealed in The Times that Rod Stewart, the great British singer, had actually been offered the job.

It was about 15 months ago that Rod received an offer to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup. Although he did not reveal the details of the offer, he was offered a whopping $1 million when he negotiated the performance.

Although it is a very lucrative job to earn a million dollars just by performing for a few minutes, Rod decided that it was not right for him to go, considering human rights issues and so on.