Many have been quick to leap to the defence of the Italian rockers after the suspicious-looking footage went viral
Fans of Eurovision winners Maneskin have defended the band after they faced accusations of drug taking during the live show on Saturday night.
Footage from the show went viral on Twitter as many said that it looked like band member Damiano David was using cocaine whilst sat at the Italian table with his band mates.
Damiano has been forced to strenuously deny the claims, saying that he was in fact bending over because the band’s guitarist, Raggi, had broken glass.
Many of the band’s fans have now taken to Twitter to prove Damiano’s innocence. Ignoring the fact that it would be such a moronic thing to do at an event that is probably the biggest of Damiano’s life and has hundreds of cameras present with hundreds of millions watching at home, it does also seem that it logistically does not add up.
One Twitter user pointed out that, in the footage, the table is much lower than Damiano’s head when he bends over.
Never heard someone can snort cocaine in the air (do you see how low is the table behind this bottle holder?). Just stop with the cocaine accusations and let them have their moment and celebrate the victory as they should! #Eurovision #escita pic.twitter.com/YyqTaYRwH8
— kristina🦒 (@kristinakovv) May 23, 2021
They also pointed out, along with others, that there had in fact been a broken glass just like the Italian band member had claimed.
https://twitter.com/kristinakayo/status/1396409868114874369
To everyone who keeps saying Damiano was using drugs: here's the proof that Thomas really broke that glass as they said in the Press Conference.
LET'S SHARE THIS PLEASE #Eurovision #maneskin “state zitti e buoni” pic.twitter.com/duIrsUpOrh— Francesco Giaquinto (@FrancescoGia5) May 23, 2021
No sooner had Maneskin won the Eurovision title for Italy than the lead singer was being asked about the allegations of drug taking at the press conference afterwards.
“I don’t of drugs….No cocaine please, don’t say that”.
Italy’s #Eurovision lead singer when asked about the video circulating of him appearing to sniff something off the table on live TV.
— Megha Mohan (@meghamohan) May 22, 2021
The band have even had to release a message on their Instagram rubbishing the claims.
Nevertheless, nothing can be taken away from how successful a night it was for Italy, as they absolutely stormed the public vote on the night to pip France to top spot.
It is the first time that Italy have won the contest since 1990, with Maneskin also becoming the first group to win the competition in 15 years.
