The ex-girlfriend of the Elche footballer who came out as homosexual spoke: “He gave me a lot of freedom”

“I’m gay and I don’t want to hide anymore.” So close Jakub Jankto, Czech midfielder Slavia Prague, a video posted on his Twitter account and became the first active footballer to announce he is gay.

​From then on, various personalities from the world of sport, such as Neymar Jr AND George Valdano, They celebrated his courage, but there are still those who harass him with offensive messages through social networks. His ex-wife mentioned it.

Marketa Ottomanska, the mother of her 3-year-old son regrets this kind of situation. “I’m sure there are still many who write him private messages and threaten him. It’s terrible that something like this keeps happening these days, strangers interested in the lives of others…”, told iDNES, from the Czech Republic.

In turn, he celebrated the decision of the player who had an important parenthesis in Italy (Ascoli, Udinese and Sampdoria, before Getafe): “I am proud that he was able to muster the strength to raise the matter publicly. He is the first footballer to announce it. Perhaps only those who have finished their careers have admitted it and many are still keeping it a secret,” he reflected.

“It gave me a lot of freedom. Now the important thing is that he is at ease and happy. He will certainly feel relieved and nothing will eat him from the inside”He added.

Ottomanská also confessed a concern he had inside in the days leading up to the announcement: “I was worried that people wouldn’t accept him for who he was. I was stressed about it. I think people will like it just as much as before, he mused.

Jakub Jankto’s announcement

“Like everyone, I have my strengths, I have my weaknesses, I have a family, I have my friends, I have a job that I have been doing for years to the best of my ability, with seriousness, professionalism and passion”start by saying Jakub Jankto, staring at the camera and wearing a t-shirt and black background.

“Like everyone, I too want to live my life in freedom. Without fear. Without prejudice. Without violence, but with love. I am homosexual and I no longer want to hide”, Neighbor.

Just 45 seconds of video, which he himself published and which quickly made the rounds of social networks. Behind this announcement, most likely, hours, days, months of thinking about taking this step, for which he had to gather courage and try to leave prejudices behind. To celebrate.