Amor humiliated at KKNK
2007-04-04 09:36
Oudtshoorn - Joost van der Westhuizen has been very upset by a man who humiliated his wife, Amor Vittone, in front of hundreds of people at the KKNK by referring to her breasts.
"People like him, are not a good advertisement for the Afrikaans people, he said.
An unnamed man went up to her on stage on Monday night in Die Burger's Tongelos tent, grabbed the microphone from Amor, and while he peeked at her said "You have the best fuckin' tits in the business".
Vittone said she was so shocked that she thought maybe she'd not heard right.
"I looked at the audience and saw two tannies (aunties) sitting with their hands over their mouths in shock.
"I kept thinking: What must I do - I said something about style and that certain people had moral standards.
"His attitude was kind of sarcastic," Vittone added.
The audience cheered when she told him: "You don't speak to a woman like that."
She decided to continue with the show "because I wasn't going to allow that idiot to get me under", she told Die Burger.
"I kept thinking that security was going to act, but everything was head over heels.
"My security man said he watched me to see if I gave him a sign to act, but I didn't.
"The rest of the show was OK but I didn't enjoy it. He humiliated me.
Joost van der Westhuizen was sitting behind the stage during the incident.
'The man walked into me backstage'
"I was reading Die Burger when I heard the man's words. I was very calm. I first made a (cell phone) call to see if I had heard right."
"The man walked into me backstage. I grabbed him by the chest and pulled him into the tent. The master of ceremonies for the evening arrived at the same time.
"I told him 'There are women and children here. You don't say things like that. And you don't speak to me wife like that'.
"He responded: 'But she does have fucking beautiful tits.' "
The man did not want to say who he was, and he left.
The couple said afterwards that people like that made them stronger.
"When it's going well with you, one shows character. When times are tough, it builds character," Van der Westhuizen said.
He continued: "People like that have a negative influence on the Afrikaans 'volk' (people). They don't realise what they are doing to Afrikaans people.
"But the way my wife handled the situation, shows what kind of person she is. She has respect for others."