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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