article_snippet: In my career, I never spat at anybody.
article_snippet: In some cultures, people do spit on the floor when people’re angry, but I can’t understand why people would spit at all.
article_snippet: To spit in someone’s face is more deliberate and insulting.
article_snippet: For me, spitting is worse.
article_snippet: I was totally unaware of any spitting incident and had assumed that the issue at the time was with the challenge and his attempted retaliation to the tackle from the floor. '
article_snippet: and I spoke about any spitting incident
article_snippet: and it is clear by my reaction in the television footage that I was totally surprised by any suggestion of spitting.
article_snippet: It is not in my character or in my nature to spit at anybody nor is it something I have ever done or would ever do.