Mandela Interpreter Claims Haunted Past, Saw Angels
December 13, 2013
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as posted by the channel"A South African sign language interpreter accused of gesticulating gibberish during a memorial to Nelson Mandela defended his "champion" performance Thursday, but said he may have suffered a schizophrenic episode while on stage.
The interpreter, identified as 34-year-old Thamsanqa Jantjie, told Johannesburg's Star newspaper he started hearing voices in his head and hallucinating, resulting in gestures that made no sense to outraged deaf people around the world.
"There was nothing I could do. I was alone in a very dangerous situation. I tried to control myself and not show the world what was going on. I am very sorry. It's the situation I found myself in," he told the paper.
He did not know what triggered the attack, Jantjie added, saying he took medication for his schizophrenia."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Reuters / NBC News:
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