ORLANDO PIRATES NAKED PIC LEADS TO GAY ARTICLE
The selfie that caused all the trouble
The furore around the naked selfie of a group of Orlando Pirates footballers has inspired a report claiming that some of the players on the team are gay.
On Thursday, the photo of seven naked Orlando Pirates stars posing in the showers following their Nedbank Cup victory in Durban last Saturday went viral.
Thandani Ntshumayelo, who posted the harmless and fun picture on his Instagram profile, has since deleted the photo after it caused a social media storm and led to a flood of faux outrage.
We really don’t know what the fuss is all about but he was forced to apologise and the team has promised to investigate the matter.
“I would like to apologize to everyone the club the sponsors and all the people for posting that picture on instagram… At the time i thought it was a joke sorry to my teammates,” Ntshumayelo said.
Spoof blog Lifestyle Tabloids quickly responded with a spoof story claiming that Vladimir Vermezovic, the coach of Orlando Pirates, which it offensively dubbed “Orlando Queers,” had “confirmed” that some of his players are gay.
Just horsing around?
“I do acknowledge that some of my players have disclosed to being gay, but this is a private matter which should be treated with the kind of sensitivity it deserves. What my players do behind closed doors is none of my business, as long as they perform on the field,” coach Vermezovic was quoted as telling a journalist.
The South African satire site further claimed: “Although Vermezovic bluntly refused to ‘name-and-shame’ who his gay players where, he admitted that homosexual acts amongst football peers was a norm in camp.”
As evidence, the “report” included numerous photos of players horsing around in mildly homoerotic poses.
Lifestyle Tabloids has previously claimed that one of President Robert Mugabe’s sons had come out as gay, that Archbishop Desmond Tutu had formed a gay political party and that Uganda’s President Museveni had a secret gay lover in Cape Town.
Funny satire or offensive nonsense? You decide.
I would certainly not mind if some of these studs are gay, but let’s be honest, if a naked selfie is proof of your gayness, then 99% of the population are gay. I do not know of ANY guy who has not taken a naked pic of himself.
I need to seriously start watching more soccer.
It will always be stories behind, but now for us we sailing with sea robbers, Pirates deserves to be congratulated for the unique fighting spirit they portrait not allegations and be disgrace, how is our noble country actually?
they jerk off together, ‘play’, etc. Here in Brazil, Italy and Argentina this is more intense!
Yho! That ugly Ugandan president doesn’t deserve any kind of gay lover.
For me I may say to be gay its not a sin one things are politicians and some guys are selfish ans hypocrite they think to be gay meaning fuck around with any guys.no I think if u are not u can be let’s gay people live their freedom. I’m gay top I support these soccer player who are open to their sexuality these who are keep secret I don’t mind and I don’t judge anyone.they prove gays are able to do many things can suprise,why we talk less about design in the world 99% are gayss,some stars musics and more and more I may say all mens are gays.
Let’s not polemic to that issues about soccers players gays or not anyone are free to choice.africa need to wake up.I travelled in some villages africa deeply I saw gays. I saw man to man touching each other.pirates if they are gay that their private life,but they have talent of playing soccer let’s see on that way.
THEY ARE GAYS NOT YOUR PROBLEM BUT THEIRS SO BACK OFF .ITS THEIR LIFE AND THEIR CHOICE.GAYS ARE PEOPLE AS YOU ARE TOO!