"Imagine making history as being the first female Ballon d'Or at 23 and some absolute b*****d ruins that moment for you by asking you to twerk. Wow, men stay disappointing," said TBee.

The DJ has since apologised and posted a video explaining his comments on Twitter.

"This comes from a distortion of my English level and my English culture level, which obviously isn't enough," he said.

"People who have followed me for 20 years know how respectful I am especially to women," he wrote in a caption posted with the video.

Sincere apologies to the one I may have offended. My point was : I don’t invite women to twerk but dance on a Sinatra song. Watch the full sequence People who have followed me for 20 years know how respectful I am especially with women pic.twitter.com/pnZX8qvl4R

— Martin Solveig (@martinsolveig) December 3, 2018

Solveig wrote in a later tweet that he had "explained the buzz" to Hegerberg and she had told him "she understood it was a joke".

This marks the first year a female footballer has been recognised with a Ballon d'Or award, which honours the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year.

Luka Modric, Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder, took home the men's trophy — the first time the award hasn't been won by Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo in over 10 years.

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