‘Egg Boy’ William Connolly has broken his silence.
the 17-year-old was contrite about his actions.after the Melbourne teen egged Mr Anning at a press conference.
“I didn’t expect him to react, I thought I was just going to walk out there. I didn’t think this was going to blow up,” William told Macdonald.“In fact, it’s blown up completely out of proportion to the point where it’s kind of embarrassing because too much of the attention is brought away from the real victims suffering, we should be focusing on them.
William told Macdonald Mr Anning’s and his supporters’ reactions all happened “pretty fast” causing the teenager to just follow his instincts.Fraser Anning responded by hitting the teen with an open handFollowing the egging William shared a Snapchat video in which he said: “Don’t egg politicians, you get tackled by 30 bogans at the same time, I learnt the hard way. F**k.
was started in support of William and to date has raised more than $79,000 to pay for “legal fees” and “more eggs”.as he had been defending himself. “I don’t regret anything I do,” he said. “I defended myself, that’s what Australians do usually, they defend themselves … he got a slap across the face which is what his mother should have given him a long time ago because he’s been misbehaving badly.”trending in entertainment
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