Iker Casillas 'I'm gay' tweet: Why was no lghg matter - BBC Sport

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• IKER CASILLAS: EX-REAL MADRID AND SPA KEEPER LET 'I'M GAY' TWEET AND SAYS HE WAS HACKED
• IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER
• IS REAL MADRID LEGEND IKER CASILLAS ACTUALLY GAY?
• IKER CASILLAS APOLOGIS TO LGBT MUNY AND CLAIMS HE WAS ‘HACKED’ AFTER TWEET G OUT AS GAY
• REAL MADRID AND SPA LEGEND IKER CASILLAS TWEETS THAT HE IS GAY BEFORE POST IS LETED
• IKER CASILLAS DELETES HIS TWEET WHICH ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS G OUT AS GAY, AN APPARENT 'JOKE'
• ‘I’M GAY’ —REAL MADRID LEGEND CASILLAS OPENS UP
• IKER CASILLAS CLAIMS HE WAS HACKED AFTER ‘DAMAGG’ ‘I’M GAY’ TWEET
• UPDATED: LEGENDARY REAL MADRID KEEPER IKER CASILLAS REVEALS HE IS GAY
• IKER CASILLAS’ “I’M GAY” TWEET: I WAS HACKED
• FORMER REAL MADRID PTA IKER CASILLAS TWEETS HE IS GAY, LATER SAYS ACUNT WAS HACKED
• FORMER REAL MADRID GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS OUT AS GAY
• LEGENDARY MADRID GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS CONFIRM HE IS GAY [DETAILS]
• LEGENDARY SPA AND REAL MADRID GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS ' OUT AS GAY', LATER LET HIS TWEET

IKER CASILLAS: EX-REAL MADRID AND SPA KEEPER LET 'I'M GAY' TWEET AND SAYS HE WAS HACKED

Iker Casillas won multiple domtic and European honours more than 15 years wh Real MadridFormer Real Madrid and Spa goalkeeper Iker Casillas has leted a tweet that said he was gay - sayg his acunt was hacked.

Casillas tweeted Spanish: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay, " before his former Spa team-mate Carl Puyol replied: "It's time to tell our story. "Few high-profile current or former male players have ever e out as openly gay the sport. Casillas retired 2020 followg a reer that saw him w three Champns Leagu and five La Liga tl at Real MadridFor a uple of hours on Sunday lunchtime, Iker Casillas was the most famo gay footballer the world.

"I hope you rpect me: I'm gay, " said a tweet om the acunt of the former Real Madrid and Spa goalkeeper. Two hours after the 'rpect me: I'm gay' post went up, Casillas leted - and replaced wh a new tweet, claimg he'd been hacked but that everythg was now " orr". Football referee Ryan Atk - who happens to be gay - acced the two men of "fuellg homophobia the game", sayg the pair need to "hang their head shame" Networkg group Sports Media LGBT+external-lk cricised both the "flippancy of the tweets… and the weak backtrack".

IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER

You'd have to be aware of Lloyd Wilson and Josh Cavallo, and the bravery took both men to open up about their thentic selv a sport where gay and bisexual men have historilly been margalised. Put simply, neher man seemed to 'get' what 's like to be gay the betiful game.

And stirred up the worst elements of social media, who have spent the past 24 hours hurlg homophobic abe at those - myself clud - who pot out that there are real-world nsequenc to the words of Casillas and Puyol. Out of nowhere, a tweet om the former Spanish shot-stopper's Twter acunt claimed that he was gay. "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay.

It is safe to assume that Iker Casillas is not gay, wh the Spaniard offerg an apology for all the nfn.

IS REAL MADRID LEGEND IKER CASILLAS ACTUALLY GAY?

It is worth mentng that former FC Barcelona fenr Carl Puyol replied to the former Real Madrid goalkeeper's ial tweet about g out as gay.

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter Iker Casillas has blamed a “hacked acunt” for a tweet which announced he was gay to his nearly 10 ln followers. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper apologised to the LGBT muny after a tweet om his acunt which read: “I hope you rpect me, I’m gay, ” to which his ex-Spa teammate Carl Puyol replied: “It’s time to tell our story, Iker.

”The tweets quickly went viral and spawned media reports on what would have been the hight profile footballer to have ever publicly e out as gay. Former Real Madrid and Spa goalkeeper Iker Casillas says his Twter acunt was hacked after receivg wispread cricism for postg a tweet claimg he was gay. In a now leted post on his official Twter acunt, Casillas wrote on Sunday: “I hope I’ll be rpected: I’m gay.

IKER CASILLAS APOLOGIS TO LGBT MUNY AND CLAIMS HE WAS ‘HACKED’ AFTER TWEET G OUT AS GAY

Alai Uned player Josh Cavallo, who me out as gay last year, says was “disappotg” to see two ins of the game “jokg” about the topic.

Atalanta midfielr Marten Roon also said the cint highlighted the work that needs to be done to make soccer more welg, after the ial posts attracted multiple homophobic ments. There are very few openly-gay men playg profsnal soccer and at a time when the sport’s erng bodi say they are tryg to make the game more clive. Real Madrid and Spa legendary goalkeeper Iker Casillas has appeared to announce that he is gay, which would make him one of the most high-profile former athlet the world to do so.

Takg to Twter on Sunday afternoon, Casillas, who won the World Cup wh Spa and three Champns Leagu wh Real Madrid, said: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay. Earlier this year 17-year-old Jake Daniels beme the first active male profsnal footballer the English game to openly e out as gay. Iker Casillas bizarrely claims he was HACKED two hours after now-leted tweet said he was g out as gay, an apparent 'JOKE' rponse to mours about his post-divorce datg life wh Carlos Puyol cricised for his role appropriate gagThe former Real Madrid goalkeeper took to Twter to make the announcement In a now-leted tweet, Iker Casillas asked fans for 'rpect' lights of the news The 'announcement' me a year after his spl wh wife Sara Carbonero Former team-mate and rival Puyol quickly rpond support of the SpaniardCasillas leted the post and tweeted two hours after that he was 'hacked' Reports suggted the origal tweet was rponse to mours over his post-divorce datg life Updated: 23:59 BST, 9 October 2022.

REAL MADRID AND SPA LEGEND IKER CASILLAS TWEETS THAT HE IS GAY BEFORE POST IS LETED

Casillas ed a social media stir when he tweeted, ‘I hope you rpect me: I’m gay’, before his old ternatnal team-mate Puyol replied: ‘It’s time to tell our story. ’The behavur of the 2010 World Cup wners was nmned by Alai Uned left back Josh Cavallo, one of the few active male footballers to e out as gay. ’ Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas had seemgly announced he had e out as gay The ex-goalkeeper announced his spl om wife Sara Carbonero last March Iker Casillas said he was 'hacked' after an origal post which he appeared to e out as gay, which was replied to by Carl Puyol who wrote: 'It's time to tell our story, Iker Puyol also later apologised for his role a 'clumsy joke' along wh his former Spa team-mateCavallo’s post was retweeted by Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, who May beme the first active player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990.

’Ex-Tottenham fenr Jan Vertonghen also liked a seri of tweets slammg Casillas and Puyol, cludg one which lled them ‘pathetic’ and accg them of ‘embolng the homophobic attus that are already rife wh football’. As well as msag of support, dozens of homophobic ments also 41-year-old, who has 9.

IKER CASILLAS DELETES HIS TWEET WHICH ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS G OUT AS GAY, AN APPARENT 'JOKE'

It’s an sult to genuely gay footballers to masquera as gay for some kd of sick fun and thrill.

Casillas se harta: ¿Espero que me rpeten: soy gay¿ - Tikakas.

Legendary Spa and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has announced that he is gay, which would make him one of the most high-profile male footballers history to nfirm their homosexualy.

‘I’M GAY’ —REAL MADRID LEGEND CASILLAS OPENS UP

“I hope you rpect me: I’m gay.

IKER CASILLAS CLAIMS HE WAS HACKED AFTER ‘DAMAGG’ ‘I’M GAY’ TWEET

And after admtg beg gay, the 41-year-old received a wave of support followg the Twter post, cludg om Barcelona legend and his former Spa teammate, Carl Puyol. Former Real Madrid and Spa goalkeeper Iker Casillas has been wily cricised for a “damagg and disappotg” tweet that said he was gay, which he leted and then later claimed was the work of hackers. Casillas tweeted Spanish: “I hope you rpect me: I’m gay.

”The two tweets garnered thoands of repli, wh a large number of the men have been wily cricised for “jokg” about homosexualy, wh Pri Football, a work of LGBT+ fan groups the UK, nmng the exchange and the subsequent reactn to as “misjudged, ill-timed and disappotg” apologised for a “clumsy joke” but Casillas stead claimed the tweet was the work of “hackers”. ”Cavallo’s tweet was shared by the Blackpool footballer Jake Daniels, who this year beme the first current player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu Football published a statement which they cricised “homophobic jok” as well as drawg attentn to “the homophobic reactn” the exchange add: “We should not be seeg ‘jok’ at the expense of others 2022, or ever.

UPDATED: LEGENDARY REAL MADRID KEEPER IKER CASILLAS REVEALS HE IS GAY

Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has announced that he is gay.

Takg to Twter on Sunday afternoon before he leted , Casillas tweeted, “I hope you rpect me: I’m gay. He jos a number of high-profile former athlet cludg Blackpool forward Jake Daniels who beme the first active UK’s first active male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay.

Former Spa and Real Madrid legend, Iker Casillas has e out to proclaim that he is a gay his Twter page, the former goalkeeper issued a short and succct msage Spanish that when translated read, "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay.

IKER CASILLAS’ “I’M GAY” TWEET: I WAS HACKED

Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has claimed that his Twter acunt was hacked earlier on Sunday the aftermath of a ntroversial tweet which sent the football Twter world to a screenIker Casillas' "I'm gay" tweetThe acunt @IkerCasillas, n by the former Real Madrid and Porto goalkeeper, tweeted jt after 2pm Spanish time: “I hope everyone rpects me: I’m gay”, followed by the hashtag #felizdomgo, which translat to #happysunday. The flippancy of the tweets and weak backtrack plays to the hands of homophob. ”Very few male profsnal footballers have e out as gayAlthough there a fairly large number of known gay female profsnal footballers, very few male players, past or prent, have chosen to e out publicly, wh former Germany ternatnal Thomas Hzlsperger, who played the Premier League for Aston Villa and Everton, and ex-USMNT player Robbie Rodgers among the hight-profile to do was origally thought that Casillas had wrten the msage as a rult of his unhapps at beg lked to a number of different women the media.

FORMER REAL MADRID PTA IKER CASILLAS TWEETS HE IS GAY, LATER SAYS ACUNT WAS HACKED

Former Real Madrid pta Iker Casillas took to social media to announce that he is gay, but later posted a clarifitn. Iker Casillas announc he's gay on Twter (Rters)Former Real Madrid pta Iker Casillas took to social media to announce that he is gay on Sunday, 9 October. Earlier the former Real Madrid goalkeeper posted on Twter, sayg, I hope you rpect me, I'm gay.

"I hope you rpect me: I'm gay, " Casillas posted on his Twter later he backtracked on his statement and posted a clarifitn. Earlier May, Blackpool teenager Jake Daniels me out as gay, followg the precent set by the lik of Amerin player Coll Mart and Atralian star Josh By: Kgsh KariPublished On: Oct 9, 2022--- ENDS. Former Spanish profsnal footballer who played as a goalkeeper and real madrid legendary intified as Iker Casillas Fernánz has e out as gay.

Iker ma the shockg announcement a tweet that reads, “I hope you rpect me: I’m gay.

FORMER REAL MADRID GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS OUT AS GAY

Legendary Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has took to social media to nfirm he is gay, MySportDab news is currently the number one trendg topic after the goalkeeper took to his Twter page to make the of now there is so many qutn beg asked as to why Iker Casillas is makg such statement at this time of his reer when he is no longer a active are also so many people claimg uld be a publicy stunt but that beg the se, the goalkeeper himself knows what he is news is a b sketchy knowg Iker Casillas have a fay of his own cludg his wife and is married to Sara Carbonero who they met 2009 and sce then have been together up till also have children who are two sons and that is more enough reason for his g out to claim he is gay g so much on social Is What He Said:Espero que me rpeten: soy gay.

LEGENDARY MADRID GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS CONFIRM HE IS GAY [DETAILS]

#felizdomgo— Iker Casillas (@IkerCasillas) October 9, 2022Iker Casillas has been married for six years to his wife, and there have been no issu and no sign of the goalkeeper claimg to be Spanish Internatnal is one of the most succsful goalkeepers the history of played most of his reer wh Real Madrid where he won everythg there is to be won football dividually and wh his Casillas is part of Spa team that won the FIFA World Cup and he also achieved so much wh Real Madrid before the end of his the last days of his active reer he cid to make a move to Porto where he ntued his amazg succs Casillas is now retired and today he has took to his social media page to nfirm he is a gay man.

LEGENDARY SPA AND REAL MADRID GOALKEEPER IKER CASILLAS ' OUT AS GAY', LATER LET HIS TWEET

Iker Casillas ' out as gay', later let his tweet | Football News - Hdtan Tim. Legendary Spa and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas ' out as gay', later let his tweet Oct 09, 2022 07:49 PM IST The veteran footballer ma the announcement a year after separatg om sports journalist Sara Carbonero, to whom he was married for five year and the uple had two children together. Legendary Spa and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas on Sunday announced that he is gay and has asked for "rpect".

Casillas had taken to Twter to wre, "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay.

Jose Enrique has lled out patrt Iker Casillas on social media after the former Real Madrid goalkeeper claimed he was hacked after an "I'm gay" tweet was posted on his timelJose Enrique has taken issue wh Iker Casillas' ments Jose Enrique has acced Iker Casillas of 'lyg to everyone' after he claimed he was hacked regardg a tweet which suggted he was gay. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper posted on social media: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay, " and has sce leted the tweet.