Says he was hallucinating and suffers from medical issues.
http://news.yahoo.com/interpreter-ma...105631444.html
Quote:
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The man accused of faking sign interpretation 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, has 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 and a half years.
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I loved some of the outrage comments that first came out though. One person said, "He was just waving his arms around!" lol