Declan Rice has previously had to defend Lauren Fryer, after a series of ugly comments about her appearance were written online. Now the couple is getting massive attention again and the girlfriend’s photos on social media have been removed.
In December of last year, a Twitter message about Fryer was seen by millions and further comments about what the soccer lady looked like quickly spread online. These came after pictures from a family holiday, where she was pictured in a bathing suit. Several pointed out that the girlfriend was not “WAG material”. A term used for the partners of football players.
After the messages, Rice allegedly defended her boyfriend.
Hailed as a “gentleman”
In recent weeks, Fryer has again been subjected to online trolling, which has led to thousands taking to social media to voice their opinion on the matter.
Several enforce the Premier League player, who met his roommate at school.
“Other footballers have glamor models and pop stars. His girlfriend, who then allegedly felt inadequate, deleted all her selfies and pictures. Rice has always said that she is beautiful and that he loves her more than anything in the world. Declan, you are a true gentleman,” writes The Football Community on Instagram.
The post has garnered thousands of likes and comments.
Several people have also expressed their opinion on the matter on TikTok. Several have published videos praising the Arsenal player for defending his girlfriend and slaughtering netizens for their comments.
Several write that Rice is “the definition of a real man”.
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Bullying
– I think it’s a bit like bullying in general, it’s about getting attention, appearing funny, cool and tough. These comments come from people who look nothing like her and who also wish they were footballers. It’s about toughing it out, just like bullying in general. But it is much more visible in social media and it can be experienced enormously for those who are exposed to it, says social media expert Ståle Lindblad to Nettavisen.
He believes the smartest thing Rice and his girlfriend could do is rise above the comments, but understands the background to both defend and shield themselves afterwards. Fryer has therefore deleted all photos on Instagram, where she is followed by over 60,000 people.
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The comments against the soccer wife are that she “looks different” than many of the other girlfriends and wives of the Premier League stars. The first tweet, which caused the case to gain attention, pointed out, among other things, that Rice, who was both famous and earned a lot of money, should not have been with “a big girl”.
– I thought it was great that she looked natural. Football players often fall for beautiful women and it is easy for them to get beautiful women. It is brilliant that he is with his youth girlfriend, this is what should have been the standard, says Lindblad.
Rice and Fryer have been a couple for a number of years and have a son together. The Arsenal player is on a long-term contract and joined from West Ham last summer.
