Viewers got more than they bargained for during a live broadcast on German television after a kilt-wearing Scottish soccer fan accidentally revealed more than intended during news coverage ahead of the Euro 2024 tournament.
As Scotland prepare to play Germany on Friday night in the tournament’s inaugural game, Welt TV’s Steffen Schwarzkopf was covering the atmosphere among Scotland’s fans, the Tartan Army, in Munich.
Speaking in German to the camera and surrounded by chanting Scots, who pressed Scotland flag badges onto his shirt and head, Schwarzkopf commented on the fans’ choice of attire: “Really, really traditional, I would say… the Scottish skirts, the kilts, that are worn here.”
The camera then focused on a fan, beer in hand, sporting a German football jersey paired with a Scottish kilt.
However, as the camera panned down, another fan lifted the kilt, flashing his bare crotch, revealing just how traditionally kilt etiquette was being followed.
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