daughter, Amal Fashanu has revealed she knows about 7
gay footballers in the premier league who can't come out
publicly because of the criticism and backlash that will
befall them if they make their sexual orientation public.
During an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, Amal, whose
uncle Jamal Fashanu killed himself in 1998, 8 years after
admitting he was gay, said footballers don't come out
publicly to reveal their sexual orientation because they are
trapped in a 'dark world'. Amal said of gay Premier League
footballers:
'I actually know myself of seven. I will never, ever
share their details. 'I’m not going to out them
because I would never do that. You want to be
honest, even to help them out, but you just can’t do
that. The football world is extremely dark. I don’t
even want to imagine being a footballer, what it
must be like.'
In her revealing interview, Amal also admitted the toil that
having a footballer father can have on a family.
"At times I find myself with a really big wall because
you have to protect yourself," she said. "At the time
my dad was playing for Aston Villa and on
Gladiators, one of the biggest shows on a Saturday
night. "He used to come and present prizes at sports
day. And I used to try and win them all just so that I
could see him for a little while. "I don’t think people
realise how much families of footballers actually
suffer. "My mum would try to protect me. So I
wouldn’t find out things. But nowadays, with the
internet, all you need to do is type in your own name
and you can see it. It’s horrible."
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