The referee, David Coote, is wearing a DXTL REFSPECT T -shirt before the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the American Express Community Stadium on April 29, 2023 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)
Former Premier League referee David Coote was recently fired from PGMOL for shocking behavior caught on the camera and the reason behind it has now emerged.
A Video of former employee He was widely released on social media, where he used the language he remained in life to describe Liverpool’s director, Jurgen Klopp.
If this wasn’t bad enough for his career, another video released was released seemed to show him beating cocaineAnd it was further argued that this was during the European Championship.
David Coote comes out as gay
It was clear that his career ended at that point, although PGMOL employers (professional Limited officials) needed to get through the proper process to make sure everything was done right.
Now the reasons behind his incredibly damaging behavior have been explained by man himself.
In an exclusive interview with The sun The newspaper, Coote, explained that hiding his sexuality – he has come out as a homosexual – he had everything to do with it.
“I felt a deep sense of shame during my teenage years in particular,” he said.
“I didn’t go out to my parents until I was 21 years old. I didn’t go out to my friends until I was 25 years old.
“My sexuality is not the only reason that led me to be in this position. But I am not telling an authentic story if I do not say that I am gay, and that I had real struggles that are involved in hiding this.
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“I closed my feelings as a young reference and hid my sexuality – a good quality as a referee but a terrible quality as a human being.
“And that led me to a whole course of behaviors.
“I had problems around my self-esteem-and this is related to my sexuality. I am gay and I have struggled to feel proud to be” I “for a long time.
“I have received a deeply unpleasant abuse during my career as a REF and adding my sexuality to it would be really difficult.
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“There is a lot that must be done throughout football and more widely in society in terms of discrimination.
“I didn’t want to be that person who put his head over the parapet to be shot, given the abuse we all get as a referee in any case.”
Although society generally seems to be much more tolerant of the sexuality of those in the public eye these days, football as a sport seems to be far behind this view, as Coote says.
The fact that in this day and age is still head of the news when one comes out in football as a homosexual tells you everything about what needs to be done in the game for those who suppress their emotions and emotions.
