Here is the photo of Mugabe falling over he didn’t want you to see

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Zimbabwean President and adamant homophobe Robert Mugabe apparently attempted to get photographers to delete images and footage of him falling over when getting off a flight.

Mugabe, 90, is known for denouncing homosexuality, and calling for gay men to be put to death.

On arriving back in Zimbabwe from a trip to Ethiopia, Mugabe fell down the stairs at Harare International Airport today.

Despite clear footage showing him trip and fall almost fully to the ground, Zimbabweā€™s Information Minister Jonathan Moyo spoke to state-owned newspaper the Herald to deny that he fell.

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He said that Mugabe tripped over a mis-placed carpet, and ā€œmanaged to break the fallā€. For good measure, Moyo went on to say that ā€œeven Jesusā€ would have tripped over in those circumstances.

Either way the internet found the whole ordeal hilarious, and photoshopped images of Mugabe falling, using the hashtag #MugabeFalls, appeared online this afternoon.

Ahead of his re-election campaign last year he urged for the heads of gay men to be chopped off and said gay people were worse than ā€œpigs, goats and birdsā€.

Mugabe last year threatened to expel any diplomats who mention homosexuality in Zimbabwe, at a speech after his daughterā€™s wedding reception.

He said at the time: ā€œLet Europe keep their homosexual nonsense there and live with it. We will never have it here. The act [homosexuality] is not humane.

ā€œAny diplomat who talks about homosexuality will be kicked out. There is no excuse and we wonā€™t listen to them.ā€

He also said that he ā€˜pitiesā€™ the Queen, for having to deal with Britainā€™s gay habits.

Homosexuality is illegal in Zimbabwe and Mugabe has been a staunch promoter of homophobic persecution since he became President in 1987.