Dear men, a kiss is never just ‘a kiss’

So, Woody Allen, let me tell you from personal experience why you’re so wrong to defend that unwanted World Cup kiss, writes Christina Hopkinson

Perhaps Rubiales and Allen might wonder why those not old enough to buy a drink or vote are capable of showing so much greater maturity than they are (Getty/BBC)

Woody Allen, who at 87 should know better, has waded into the debate about Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales’ full-throttle grab of world-cup-winning footballer Jenni Hermoso.

“The kiss on the soccer player was wrong,” he concedes, “but he did not burn down a school… they didn’t hide, nor did he kiss her in a dark alley. He wasn’t raping her, it was just a kiss and she was a friend. What’s wrong with that?”

In Hermoso’s view, quite a lot was wrong with it – she has today filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office in Spain over the unsolicited kiss.