make a big thing about

"They didn't make a big thing about it and they were respectful."

“I didn’t want people to make a big thing about it,” he said.

"It was not my decision to make a big thing about coming out," he told the newspaper.

“Don’t need to make a big thing about it,” he muttered.

Don’t make a big thing about this but we are responsible that nobody can leave the stadium before the final whistle because anything can happen.