They didn't 'come out to defend themselves' they were answering questions put to them by the media. Not sure why Kane gets singled out, I can't ever recall another player being cross-examined about their diving/cheating.
This cross examination must have really confused the poor chap, some of those answers
He was shielding the ball as a defender would when it’s going out for a goal kick, did he really say this?
Of course Harry, the incident looked exactly the same.....