Eurovision chiefs issue update on Italy winners Maneskin after drugs claims David Bentley
The Eurovision Broadcasting Union, which organises the annual contest, says it is examining video footage that showed Damiano David lowering his head over a table in the green room.
The singer has volunteered to take a drugs test when he gets home.
Viewers questioned what they were seeing when Damiano was seen on camera bending over a table, with some suspecting he had been caught snorting cocaine.
One asked on Twitter: Did someone just do a line live on Eurovision telly?
But the singer insisted he was looking down after another band member broke a glass on the floor.
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At a news conference after their win, as he swigged Tattinger champagne from the bottle, David was asked about the clip by a journalist, who said: “I have to ask this because there was a sequence during the broadcast when you are seen in the background leaning over the table and seem to be snorting something.
“Online, people are suggesting that you are taking cocaine. What was it?”
David vehemently denied the accusation, and said that his bandmate Thomas Raggi had broken a glass.
He continued: “I don’t use drugs, please guys, do not say that. No, please don’t say that. Don’t say that, really. No cocaine, please. Don’t say that.”
Eurovision 2021: Måneskin Lead Vocalist Takes Massive Move After Allegedly Seen Taking Drugs Off-Stage
Italian metal band Måneskin is facing a controversy after they re subjected to undergo a drug test and investigation after the lead singer was seen allegedly taking drugs off-stage during the live broadcast.
In video clips and footages which was shared countless of times around social media, the band is seen celebrating their victory at their dinner table, viewers have noticed that the band s lead singer, Damiano David, leans his head over the table and it has been suggested that he might have been taking drugs. (Check out a video clip below)