British pianist Brendan Kavanagh quipped that if he ever visited China, he'd probably end up in the 'gulag' because of the encounter
When Chinese nationals confronted a British man over the right to use their images in public, he had no idea the exchange would become a viral video that fascinated millions.
"You're obviously not used to democracy," Brendan Kavanagh, the British man in the video, said at one particularly hot moment during the clash at St. Pancras train station in London. The fight ultimately ended with threats of legal action and the police getting involved to deescalate.
Kavanagh, a British pianist with 2.2 million followers on YouTube (@DrKBoogieWoogie), was live-streaming a public performance of his piano riffs when the group was incidentally captured in the background. The Chinese nationals asked him not to record them, insisting they did not want their images online. That's when things got heated.
The Brit piano player noted they were not in "communist China" – they were in the United Kingdom, where there is "freedom."
Can you say "Chinese Spy?"
When Chinese nationals confronted a British man over the right to use their images in public, he had no idea the exchange would become a viral video that fascinated millions.
"You're obviously not used to democracy," Brendan Kavanagh, the British man in the video, said at one particularly hot moment during the clash at St. Pancras train station in London. The fight ultimately ended with threats of legal action and the police getting involved to deescalate.
Kavanagh, a British pianist with 2.2 million followers on YouTube (@DrKBoogieWoogie), was live-streaming a public performance of his piano riffs when the group was incidentally captured in the background. The Chinese nationals asked him not to record them, insisting they did not want their images online. That's when things got heated.
The Brit piano player noted they were not in "communist China" – they were in the United Kingdom, where there is "freedom."
Pianist who went viral over clash with Chinese nationals speaks out: 'Knickers in a twist'
British pianist Brendan Kavanagh speaks out about a viral clash with Chinese nationals in London's St Pancras station in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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The Chinese nationals claimed to work for an entity with tight restrictions on having their images released on social media, according to a Metro police officer who spoke to Kavanagh on the video.
Can you say "Chinese Spy?"
Now WHO does this sound like?Kavanagh told Fox News Digital he was shocked by the authoritarian tone the Chinese nationals used after getting their "knickers in a twist" over his video. Members of the group demanded he speak to them in a certain way and to not be filmed or voice recorded. They also demanded that the pianist apologize and said he needed to "educate" himself about China.