He gave an eloquent and impassioned defence of the two men's war in Iraq.
Over to the band's drummer Nathan Followill, who offers the following impassioned defence in the wake of the criticism.
On Saturday, Mr Hollande made an uncharacteristically impassioned defence of his decision to launch a second military operation within one year in a former French African colony.
This spirit of positivity continues with Neil Gaiman, whose impassioned defence of novels, libraries and reading comes in at number two.
In the second half of GBFR, James Martin made the case for watercress, but it felt less an impassioned defence, and more like special pleading.
In the end, Stewart Cink made an impassioned defence of his colleague.
Yet his impassioned defence of the dictator after he was detained in London in 1998 is on the record.
His comments quickly triggered an impassioned defence of the (admittedly somewhat niche) literary pursuit from an unlikely source.
Last year Albert Mohler, one of America's most influential evangelical figures, made an impassioned defence of the death penalty.
Johnson made an impassioned defence of the scale of the police response, which has come under sharp criticism.
Arsène Wenger has launched an impassioned defence of his tenure as Arsenal manager in the face of mounting recent criticism.
