“I hope they respect me: I’m gay” #HappySunday “was the message that surprised the official Twitter account of the former Real Madrid goalkeeper and the Spanish football team, Iker Casillas. The post, later deleted, generated a scandal that did not subside even when the athlete publicly explained what had happened.
Casillas publicly denounced him your account has been hacked and went out to ask him apologies to the social movement that fights LGBT discrimination.
But, meanwhile, there was an exodus of followers of his account and even Charles Puyol wanted to make a joke with an answer and they ended up ousting him. A scandal.
“Account hacked. Fortunately everything is in order. I apologize to all my followers. And, of course, more apologies to the LGBT community,” the world champion goalkeeper with Spain in South Africa 2010 later posted.
Casillas’ post lasted just over an hour and although it was later deleted, it spawned a trend on Twitter. That is, he has become a Trending Topic.
In addition, his apology was also viralized on Twitter, which in just over an hour collected more than 150,000 “likes”; and she got just over 14,000 retweets.
However, the original post had sparked a large-scale scandal with thousands of comments, both homophobic and not-so-homophobic. Although the most exasperated reactions came with the ironic response of Puyol, former teammate of Casillas in the national team: “It’s time to tell our story, Iker”, he affixed the Barsa emblem, along with the emoji of the heart and of the face blowing. a loving kiss.
According to what was published by the Sport website, this situation would have caused a stampede of followers: more than 3 million users would have stopped following him, according to the Spanish media.
Casillas, 41 and also two-time European champion with Spain in 2008 and 2012, announced in March last year his separation from the model and TV presenter, Sarah Carbonero, with whom he had been married for eleven years and with whom he had two children.
With information from ANSA
Source: Clarin
