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Sports presenter Diletta Leotta, fiancée of Newcastle goalkeeper Loris Karius, has opened up about the sexist comments she received from her critics.
The 32-year-old, who regularly appears on fans’ screens in her native Italy, revealed that most of the discriminatory statements come from women, admitting that the vitriol “hurt like hell.”
‘The worst thing was: ‘You’re only here for your tits.” he told F magazine. ‘A colleague from Sky Sport told me that people were talking about me.
‘I had just arrived, I was twenty years old: it hurt me a lot. That night, at home, I let out a liberating cry. That brought out the lion in me, I learned a lot.
“I got my (law) degree so no one could say something like that to me again.”
DAZN host Diletta Leotta opens up about the sexist comments she receives in the industry
The 32-year-old is engaged to Newcastle goalkeeper Loris Karius. The couple welcomed their first child last August.
Leotta and Karius began dating in October 2022 before having a child in August the following year and then getting engaged in February this year.
She lives in her homeland with her daughter, Aria, and Karius is in Newcastle while he is involved in club football, although the former Liverpool stopper is out of contract at the end of June.
Leotta continued to share her negative experiences in broadcasting and stated that solidarity and mutual understanding are in short supply among women.
“The problem is female competition,” he alleged, which rears its head when “we sit in positions that are normally occupied by men, like in football.”
Although derogatory statements from her peers have decreased since her youth, the DAZN host and model is still the target of criticism.
Earlier this month, well-known Italian journalist and presenter Paola Ferrari criticized Leotta’s choice of clothing and claimed that “ennobling the nude” was a step backwards for women in the industry.
“It’s very good and generates advertising revenue.” Ferrari told Corriere della Sera. ‘But if you ask me if I would like my daughter Virginia to be like her, I will answer no.
‘Today it is fashionable to claim freedom by showing yourself without clothes: the time of Mary Quant has passed. Ennobling the nude with feminism seems petty to me: before we didn’t want to look beautiful but good, now they want to be beautiful above all, it’s a step backwards.’
Earlier this year, Leotta hit the headlines when he asked Karius to leave St James’ Park due to the inconvenience of living in the area.
The German has made one appearance for the club this season, in the 4-1 defeat to Arsenal in February, after signing a new contract in the summer having impressed Eddie Howe in his time with his team last season. . .
“Loris has people at his side who work for him,” he told an Italian newspaper. Tuttosport. “I hope he makes the best decision for his career.
The Italian revealed that most of the negative comments she receives come from women
Leotta was criticized by fellow presenter Paola Ferrari who said that today it is fashionable for women to claim their freedom by showing themselves without clothes.
‘I live in Milan, so let’s say that being close to Milan would be ideal for us. I always tell him that the players who reach Serie A fall in love with Italy and often stay there forever. I think that could happen to him too.
‘(He should join) Monza or any other team in Italy. I would love for him to come to Italy to play near his family.
‘Newcastle is very inconvenient because there are no direct flights. Neither about Paris nor about Amsterdam.
