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VIDEO: Mandela Interpreter With Violent Past Says He Was Hallucinating Angels, Company Owners Have 'Vanished'
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The man accused of faking sign interpretation (video here) while standing alongside world leaders like U.S. President Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service said Thursday he hallucinated that angels were entering the stadium, suffers from schizophrenia and has been violent in the past.
Thamsanqa Jantjie said in a 45-minute interview with The Associated Press that his hallucinations began while he was interpreting and that he tried not to panic because there were "armed policemen around me." He added that he was once hospitalized in a mental health facility for more than one year.
Thamsanqa Jantjie said in a 45-minute interview with The Associated Press that his hallucinations began while he was interpreting and that he tried not to panic because there were "armed policemen around me." He added that he was once hospitalized in a mental health facility for more than one year.
The AP showed Jantjie video footage of him interpreting on stage at the Mandela memorial service.
"I don't remember any of this at all," he said.
"I don't remember any of this at all," he said.
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Wouldn't the righties be shitstormed if Obama shook hands with this guy?
