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told The Sun.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“I hid my emotions as a young ref and I hid my sexuality as well — a good quality as a referee but a terrible quality as a human being. And that’s led me to a whole course of behaviors.”Those behaviors include verbally degrading one of the league’s now-former coaches, and apparent drug abuse. Coote was suspended in November after video emerged of him lambasting ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, calling him “f*cking arrogant” and a “German c***”.Shortly thereafter, another video leaked of Coote sniffing white powder through a rolled up bank note last summer while he was working a high-profile tournament in Germany.

In the aforementioned interview, Coote appears to confirm he was snorting cocaine in the video. “I’ve had long periods where I’ve not used it—but it was one of the escape routes I had. Just getting away from the stresses, the relentlessness of the job.

It fills me with a huge sense of shame to say that I took that route,” he said.In addition to personal misconduct, Coote is being investigated for an alleged betting breach. He denies the accusation. Former Premier League referee David Coote has released a statement in his first interview since being sacked by the PGMOL.

pic.twitter.com/1ny3f9PjGFNoussair Mazraoui is the latest Premier League star to opt out of supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion. As a referee in England’s Premier League, the most popular pro sports league in the world, Coote was subjected to widespread abuse. He says the unforgiving environment caused his mental health to deteriorate.

“Every official that takes to the pitch up and down the country from a local playing field to the Premier League is a human being, not just a referee,” he said. “They have feelings. They may not show them, but it will impact them when they’re receiving abuse.