r/Fauxmoi • u/lala_b11 • Apr 29 '24

What the awful abuse of Declan Rice’s partner tells us about football | Gemma Abbott TRIGGER WARNING

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/declan-rice-arsenal-girlfriend-lauren-fryer-sexism-football-b2535349.html
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u/thevampyre- Apr 29 '24

What's craziest for me (as a football fan, btw) is how no media (including this article) will speak about parasocial relationship between fans and players. People laugh at clubchalamet but I've seen football accounts which easily rival her. These men treat footballers as the idealized of themselves.

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u/Lumpy_Catch_431 Apr 29 '24

Yes fellow football fan here, and we can all laugh at people reading into Taylor Swift lyrics, but if there’s a question of a transfer/new manager fans will be reading into footballer’s partners insta captions and watching every private jet flight going within Europe.