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The Finnish musician captured on digital camera dancing up shut with Finland’s married Prime Minister Sanna Marin has spoken out publicly to disclaim having an affair with the chief.
Olavi Uusivirta made the announcement on Instagram on Friday, saying the 2 are simply associates and writing in Finnish that “nothing inappropriate has occurred.” The Fin, 28, stated he wouldn’t touch upon the matter any additional.
“There was hypothesis within the public concerning the high quality of the connection between me and Prime Minister Sanna Marin,” Uusivirta wrote. “Hand on coronary heart I can simply say it like it's: we're associates and nothing inappropriate has occurred.”
A video of the duo surfaced on-line Friday, which confirmed Marin, 36, dancing intently to Uusivirta as she beamed with music bumping within the background. At one level, Uusivirta appeared to whisper one thing to the chief or, as some in Finnish media have instructed, kiss her.
The clip, which clearly exhibits Marin with Uusivirta regardless of being secretly recorded in a darkish nightclub, was simply over a minute lengthy. It’s the newest video to emerge in current weeks that’s proven Marin having fun with Helsinki nightlife together with celebrities within the Nordic nation.
These movies led a piece of Marin’s constituents to stress the chief, now often dubbed the “Celebration PM,” into taking a drug take a look at on Friday. The chief stated she did it as an act of fine religion to her detractors.
“I did nothing unlawful,” Marin stated in Finnish, the BBC reported. “Even in my teenage years I've not used any type of medicine.”
In assist of Marin, a whole lot of Finnish ladies started posting movies of themselves dancing and partying to social media utilizing the hashtag #solidaritywithsanna.
Whereas Marin has shot down claims she was utilizing medicine on the nightclub, she has not made a public assertion about her relationship with Uusivirta—who posted an image of himself with Marin to Instagram final week however deleted it Saturday.