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After being teased relentlessly all through primary school about his ‘auburn’ hair, a local strawberry blonde has lashed out of those in the community who lump people like him in with redheads.
Nathan Nalbandian, 28, spoke to The Advocate this afternoon about the issues he’s had over his life being a young, arguably handsome, successful strawberry blonde and how being called a ‘ranga’ has held him back.
“I mean, what more do we have to do? We were born this way. We can’t change who we are. I’m not a fucking rednut. I don’t have red hair and if you can’t wrap your head around it then fuck you,”
“My hair is strawberry blonde. Not red, not ginger, I’m not a fucking flamer. For fuck’s sake, though. I hate filthy rednuts. Unlike them, I can actually tan. I’m not one of them so stop calling me one.”
The irate ginger then got up and stormed out of the interview room here at The Advocate’s Daroo Street offices and took off down the road huffing and puffing.
A follow-up interview was planned at a cafe in Betoota’s Latin Quarter, but Mr Nalbandian failed to show.
More to come.
