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Yungblud hits out at homophobia in football after Iker Casillas Tweet: “Do better”

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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.

And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.”Cuenta hackeada. Por suerte todo en orden. Disculpas a todos mis followers.

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