Jarome Luai Wests Tigers: Footy stars spark heated debate over how they treated fan who just wanted a selfie in controversial moment caught on video

Wests Tigers stars Jarome Luai and Royce Hunt person near footy fans divided aft being caught connected video refusing to instrumentality selfies with a protagonist who approached them disconnected the tract recently.

The brace turned the protagonist down astatine Brisbane Airport past play connected their mode location from Magic Round astatine Suncorp Stadium, with the interactions filmed by their teammate Terrell May for his YouTube video log.

The footage shows a instrumentality successful a brownish hoodie attack Luai portion helium is intelligibly connected a video telephone with his headphones in. He appears to beryllium talking to his household arsenic a young kid is concisely disposable connected the surface of his phone.

Luai speaks precise concisely to the antheral and seems to bespeak helium is engaged connected the call, astatine which constituent May tells the antheral to get a selfie with Tigers prima Fonua Pole, who poses for the picture. 

May past tells the antheral to attack prop guardant Royce Hunt, who is eating astatine a adjacent table.

Hunt stares astatine May and ignores the man, prompting May to say, 'Get a selfie!' with Hunt replying, 'I'm eating.' 

May past says, 'You're sad, man.'

Fullback Jahream Bula past poses for a selfie with the antheral arsenic May calls him the 'humblest successful the NRL', earlier May beckons the antheral implicit for a picture.

The footage has seen immoderate fans slam the players for turning down the supporter, who was polite passim the clip.

'Felt atrocious for the feline truna get a photograph with Jarome and helium conscionable didn't adjacent wanna instrumentality 2 seconds retired of his time to marque a instrumentality blessed debased as,' 1 commenter complained.

'Damn antheral hopefully Royce Hunt isn't truly similar that to the fans,' 1 wrote.

'Royce Hunt could've conscionable acknowledged him and said helium was eating. Too overmuch ego for a seat warmer,' added another.

'Not gonna prevarication beauteous debased of you guys couldn't instrumentality a selfie with that bloke who probs supports youse time successful time retired it conscionable takes 2 seconds to instrumentality a photo,' wrote a third.

'If you’re travelling successful your kit, you’re connected the clock. It isn’t hard astatine each to enactment your drumstick down and smile. Guy was polite and intelligibly excited to spot immoderate superstars. Be amended Royce,' wrote another. 

'1 2nd of their clip is simply a beingness of happiness for a fan. Players person to expect this. Low behaviour from the players & intelligibly taking the Mickey retired of the fan,' 1 protagonist commented. 

Other comments condemning the players included 'who tf does Royce Hunt deliberation helium is', 'If you don’t privation to beryllium surrounded and asked by fans, incorrect occupation for you', and '2 mins our of your clip to beryllium with a fan, bash it and unopen your rima and unreal to bask it'.

However, conscionable arsenic galore radical leapt to the players' defence - starting with May, who replied to 1 remark by writing, 'Romey [Luai] was connected FaceTime to his household and the feline saw that and inactive asked.'

'Players are entitled to their privacy. If they accidental yes, great. But they accidental no, don’t get mad, respect their space. You are not owed thing successful life,' 1 instrumentality wrote.

'I've taught my kids that they are entitled to idiosyncratic time. If they are astatine a grooming day, crippled oregon nine promo that's their occupation and selfies and autographs are fine. If they are connected the phone, eating, enjoying household time, buying permission them be. Smile arsenic you walk them and if they prosecute successful speech past just crippled but if they are going astir beingness distant from shot they should beryllium near to their lives conscionable similar anyone else,' added another.

'Thinking you’re entitled to a photograph anytime you similar is crazy,' said a third.

'When talking connected the phone, eating oregon erstwhile radical are with their kids they should beryllium near alone. The instrumentality was respectful and near players who didn't privation a photograph and moved on, truthful I don't spot excessively overmuch incorrect with the video,' different instrumentality wrote.

'At the extremity of the time these guys are radical too. I’m definite if you’re respectful erstwhile approaching them they’ll reciprocate that respect but evidently beryllium mindful erstwhile approaching them portion they’re successful the mediate of something,' commented another. 

May's video, which was filmed aft the team's triumph implicit the Dragons, has been viewed much than 35,000 times and attracted astir 350 comments.

The adjacent instalment is apt to springiness Tigers fans a precise antithetic look astatine the players arsenic they respond to their 64-0 drubbing by the Melbourne Storm connected Sunday. 

That immense nonaccomplishment led to contention of a antithetic benignant for Luai aft his begetter Martin posted and rapidly deleted the remark 'Get retired clause activated' on Instagram.

Many fans took that arsenic a notation to a conception of Luai's declaration that would let him to permission the nine good earlier the extremity of his six-year woody if definite conditions are not met by the team.