Iker Casillas: Ex-Real Madrid and Spa keeper let 'I'm gay' tweet and says he was hacked - BBC Sport

Contents:

• IKER CASILLAS 'I'M GAY' TWEET: WHY WAS NO LGHG MATTER
• IKER CASILLAS: EX-REAL MADRID AND SPA KEEPER LET 'I'M GAY' TWEET AND SAYS HE WAS HACKED
• 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
• IKER CASILLAS CLAIMS HE WAS HACKED AFTER REAL MADRID AND SPA LEGEND TWEETED ‘I’M GAY’ TO LNS OF FANS
• IKER CASILLAS LET TWEET WHICH HE APPEARED TO E OUT AS GAY TO FANS
• IKER CASILLAS DELETES HIS TWEET WHICH ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS G OUT AS GAY, AN APPARENT 'JOKE'
• IKER CASILLAS OUT AS GAY: “I HOPE YOU RPECT ME”
• FORMER REAL MADRID PTA IKER CASILLAS TWEETS HE IS GAY, LATER SAYS ACUNT WAS HACKED
• IKER CASILLAS SAYS TWTER ACUNT WAS HACKED WHEN POSTED THAT HE WAS GAY
• IKER CASILLAS ANNOUNC HE IS GAY

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

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".

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.

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

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.

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.

IS REAL MADRID LEGEND IKER CASILLAS ACTUALLY 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.

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

In a now leted post on his official Twter acunt, Casillas wrote on Sunday: “I hope I’ll be rpected: I’m 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.

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.

IKER CASILLAS CLAIMS HE WAS HACKED AFTER REAL MADRID AND SPA LEGEND TWEETED ‘I’M GAY’ TO LNS OF FANS

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

IKER CASILLAS LET TWEET WHICH HE APPEARED TO E OUT AS GAY TO FANS

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.

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

”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.

IKER CASILLAS OUT AS GAY: “I HOPE YOU RPECT ME”

SPAIN and Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas tweeted that he is gay - before later letg the post.

6Iker Casillas has e out as gayCred: Getty. The World Cup-wng former goalkeeper appeared to e out, tweetg: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay. Iker Casillas appeared to e out as gay, wh the ex-Real Madrid star askg for 'rpect' a Twter post, but news soon emerged that his claim may have been a hoax and the tweet was then letedCasillas has leted the tweet qutnReal Madrid and Spa legend Iker Casillas has leted his tweet which he claimed he was g out as gay - and has sce claimed he was hacked.

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

In a tweet published on Sunday afternoon, the ex-goalkeeper said: "I hope you rpect me: I'm gay.

IKER CASILLAS SAYS TWTER ACUNT WAS HACKED WHEN POSTED THAT HE WAS GAY

Josh Cavallo, the Atralian player who me out as gay last October, gave his verdict on the suatn by tweetg: "Iker Casillas and Carl Puyol jokg and makg fun out of g out football is disappotg. 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. 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.

IKER CASILLAS ANNOUNC HE IS 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.