People boo me because it's fashionable - Pique
The Barcelona defender has been jeered by supporters throughout Spain for most of the season, but it doesn't get to him
Pique is Spain's public enemy number one this season following a rant at an assistant referee in the Supercopa de Espana in August and several comments aimed in Real Madrid's direction.
The Spain international has been targeted by national team supporters as well as Madrid fans for most of the campaign and the whistles appear no closer to subsiding after posting a tweet making fun of the capital club's expulsion from the Copa del Rey.Pique's actions on social media sparked a war of words with Spain team-mate and Madrid full-back Alvaro Arbeloa.
Pique was asked by El Pais asked about the ongoing taunts and the 28-year-old said: "It's a situation that I have to live with. I don't think about it too much.
"The people hype it up because I am who I am, and it's become fashionable. But on most occasions I don't even realise it. Just a while ago, with the national team, I asked [Marc] Bartra at half-time 'Today they're not booing me, right?' And he started to laugh because they were booing me a lot. But I am so focused in the game that I don't even realise."
Pique added: "On one side, 100 boo and it seems like everyone's booing. And on the other side, I have no idea what reason they have. They make arguments that aren't true. 'Pique doesn't feel Spanish.' When have I ever said that? 'Pique went too far with [the] Kevin Roldan [comment] they say. But that's just Barca v Madrid and it has nothing to do with the national team.
"No argument makes sense to me. I am privileged and very happy to be a professional sports person, but should that make people so angry?"
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