Bernie Ecclestone has finally felt the urge to apologise for saying he would "take a bullet" for Vladimir Putin and appearing to defend the Russian warmonger's Ukraine invasion.
The 91-year-old stunned viewers when he made that claim while appearing as a guest on ITV's Good Morning Britain. He went on to declare Putin to be a "first-class person" and argued that, by launching his bloody offensive on Ukraine, Putin was simply "doing something he believes is the right thing".
Those statements sparked a predictable amount of uproar, as many high-profile names denounced Ecclestone. The fury grew even more when he took aim at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and blamed the "comedian" for "not making enough effort" to agree peace with Russia.
