Chris Smalling apologizes for dressing up as a 'suicide bomber'

The photograph of Chris Smalling that was on the front page of Thursday’s Sun newspaper. Photograph Credit: The Sun

Manchester United’s defender, Chris Smalling has apologized for an “insensitive decision” after appearing to attend a fancy dress party as a suicide bomber.

The Sun managed to get a photograph of the player in his fancy dress, which his management company said was taken at a private party in his home.

The outfit is shown to have Smalling dressed up with items looking like a mock circuit board and mobile phone around his chest, and cables leading up his body. Also on his body are bottles of Jagermeister and cans of Red Bull, while he is also wearing an Arab kaffiyeh head dress.

The England international’s management company has said that he was dressed to represent the popular ‘Jagerbomb’ which is a blend of those two drinks.

“Chris and his girlfriend hosted a fancy dress party to celebrate Christmas and their belated birthdays with close friends in the assumed privacy of his own home,” Wasserman Media Group said in a statement. “He dressed in a costume consisting of empty bottles of Jagermesiter and cans of Red Bull strapped to his chest in an attempted comedy play on the popular ‘Jagerbomb drink’.

“Although he fully accepts in hindsight it was an ill-thought out and insensitive decision, absolutely no harm was intended whatsoever and he apologises for any offence caused.”

United declined to comment.