‘As family you need to be educated and willing to change and look at the way you behave.' Rio Ferdinand has admitted he has used ‘disgraceful’ language about LGBTQ+ people in the past.
‘On the journey of fulfilment I myself have used language that would be deemed disgraceful today and I had to open up [on the series],’ Rio said., who came out as gay in 2019, questioned if he was referring to the incident when he used a gay slur against radio host Chris Moyles on air in 2006, he said yes.
Ferdinand went on to say that working on his series, which over three episodes tackles racism, homophobia and the mental health crisis in football, opened his eyes. ‘I showed my sister this, and my sister is openly gay and her having to grow up listening to language used in our house…it was difficult [for her], he said.
‘As family you need to be educated and willing to change and look at the way you behave and use language and allow yourself to be and feel vulnerable in those situations but is here and we have to be open and I don’t understand how people aren’t.’His comments also came after Phillip asked him whether attending the upcoming World Cup in Qatar would not ‘make it easier’ for any gay footballers to come out and ‘live their lives and be their true selves’.
‘I understand people’s concerns, but are we expecting cancel culture to carry over into every topic that we talk about,’ he responded.
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