Backlash after ‘hacked’ former footballer Iker Casillas apologises over ‘I’m gay’ tweet

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Yungblud has hit out at the “deeply entrenched issue with homophobia in football” after two Spanish footballers joked about being gay.Yesterday (October 9) retired Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas took to Twitter to say “I hope you respect me: I’m gay” while his former teammate Carles Puyol soon replied saying “it’s time to tell our story, Iker” alongside a heart emoji.A few hours later, both tweets were deleted with Casillas claiming his account had been hacked. “Apologies to all my followers.

Out gay Australian footballer Josh Cavallo has slammed former Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and former Real Madrid captain Carles Puyol for “joking and making fun” about coming out in football.Casillas had tweeted ‘I am gay’ over the weekend, before deleting it and claiming his social media account had been hacked. Cuenta hackeada. Por suerte todo en orden.

claimed he was hacked regarding a tweet which suggested he was gay. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper posted on social media: "I hope you respect me: I'm gay," and has since deleted the tweet. Casillas has claimed he was hacked after he originally received huge praise for the brave statement.

Football icon Iker Casillas has claimed that he was hacked after deleting a tweet which said that he was gay. The former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper's Twitter account shared a post on Sunday afternoon, saying: "I hope you respect me: I'm gay."

Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas had appeared to come out as gay in the social media post before it was deleted shortly afterwards. In the tweet, the 41-year-old wrote in Spanish: "I hope you respect me, I'm gay." Puyol then responded to the post by commenting underneath: "It's time to tell our story, Iker."However, Puyol has now issued an apology to his followers after Casillas had claimed the tweet came about as a result of his account being targeted by hackers.READ MORE: Iker Casillas blames 'hacked account' and apologises to LGBT community for tweetWriting on Twitter, Puyol said: “I have made a mistake.

READ MORE: Vinicius Jr sends fans wild as sublime 'reverse elastico' skill bamboozles two playersCasillas had been married to married to sports journalist Sara Carbonero for five years before their separation in March 2021, and the pair had two children together.The Spaniard had previously dated beauty pageant star Eva Gonzalez for four years before he met Sara. And Casillas famously shared a smooch with Sara, who was working as a journalist, after Spain won the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.The pair married in 2016, shortly before welcoming their second child.

Real Madrid star Iker Casillas has revealed that he is gay.

Iker Casillas appeared to become the latest high-profile footballing figure to come out as gay in a social media update on Sunday. But his tweet has since been deleted with Spanish media speculating he and his former Spain teammate Carles Puyol were kidding around.

New footage has been released in the lead-up of the premiere of A-Leagues All Access, a new Australian sports docu-series that follows Adelaide United players. October is National Coming Out Month, so fittingly, the footage shows the moment Adelaide United player, Josh Cavallo, came out to his teammates as gay nearly one year ago in October.Cavallo came out publicly last year in a video and statement on social media.

Craig David has branded Leigh Francis, known by his stage name Keith Lemon, as “insincere” on BBC Breakfast.He joined show presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay to talk about his new album and his 22 years in the music industry.Craig has been a regular chart topper and is a huge name in both the garage and pop scenes.READ MORE: Rita Ora shows off dynamite figure in cut-out jeans and plunging corset held up by luckHowever, the topic of conversation grew serious as he opened up on the bullying he experienced when he was younger and throughout his time in the music biz.He spoke about Bo Selecta, a comedy sketch show first broadcast in 2002, and the mocking he received from Keith Lemon himself.The comedian wore rubber masks on the show and took the mick out of many popular celebrities, including Craig himself, who told the BBC hosts that he couldn’t accept Keith’s apology.During one skit, he wore a rubber mask which bore a striking resemblance to the musician and proceeded to tell viewers about his “life story” with some offensive storylines.One included Craig being forced to wear a urostomy bag while another showed him trying to make it big in America, only to find himself in Mallorca.The cringe-worthy sketch continued to paint Craig as a failure and as though his career was hanging on by a thread, only to end with “Craig” working in a call centre.Despite the likeness, Keith insisted that the character was not based on Craig, but the musician was having none of it.Craig spoke about the ordeal on BBC Breakfast and said that “when the show was out,” it was a “period of time of hard processing for him”.He continued: "I didn't know why a song like Rewind, which was a cultural song that broke the ice for so many artists to come