real madrid legend And the Twitter account of Iker Casillas, a World Cup winner with Spain, was hacked on Sunday (October 9) and he tweeted that he was gay. Many fans thought that Casillas joined the long list of prolific footballers who have come out and talked about their homosexuality. “I hope you respect me: I am gay”, was tweeted from Iker’s Twitter account.
Later, he revealed that it was hacked, tweeting, “Account hacked. Luckily everything is in order. Apologies to all my followers and of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.” Huh.”
The Spaniard was married to sports journalist Sara Carbonero for 5 years and has two children with him. The two separated in March 2021. (Kelian Mbappe to Lionel Messi: Top 5 highest paid footballers – in PICS)
Checkout Casillas’ tweet below…
s el momento de contar lo nuestro, iker — carles puyol (@carles5puyol) 9 October 2022
The World Cup winner was shown the support of his former teammate Carlos Puyol, who was his longtime rival due to both players playing for FC Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively.
After an illustrious career with Real Madrid, Casillas moved to FC Porto in Portugal and retired in 2020 after suffering a cardiac arrest during training. He won one World Cup, two European Championships, 5 LaLiga titles and 3 UEFA Champions Leagues in his football career spanning 22 years.