Lamine Yamal's girlfriend speaks out over harassment and insults on social media: "No one deserves to receive hateful messages"'

Media exposure in football often falls on the players, but on certain occasions it also falls on their partners. Social media, where the pressure and insults they receive are immense. Something that increases even more if your partner is Lamine Yamal and has just won the second World Cup in Spain's history. That is why Inés García has used her social media profile to say enough is enough and ask for respect.

"“I never thought that sharing something so simple would turn into this. I’ve spent hours reading the comments and, although I try to be strong, I’m also a person. Behind this account there is someone who feels, who cries, who makes mistakes, and who does not stop being human for being in a relationship. I understand that not everyone has to like everyone. I understand criticism when it is respectful. But there is a huge difference between giving an opinion and spending time humiliating, insulting, or wishing the worst on someone they do not even know,” García said at the beginning of her message.'

Through the text shared on her platforms, she has continued to argue her position regarding the everyday use of her digital networks: "I am not hurting anyone. I have not taken anything from anyone. I am just living my life. I truly ask you that before writing a comment, you think that on the other side of the screen there is a person who also has family, friends, insecurities, and feelings. You do not know how your words can affect them. I am a woman with feelings, with a family that also reads those things, and with good and bad days, like anyone else".

Likewise, in her final statements, she has appealed directly to the public's empathy in the face of the hostility of the digital environment: "I am not trying to convince anyone to love me. I only ask for a little empathy. A little humanity. Because no one deserves to receive hundreds or thousands of hateful messages."

A call for compassion and an end to digital cruelty

A speech that does not end there and that calls for compassion for what she is going through: "I hope that one day the internet will stop feeling like a place where cruelty is celebrated. In the meantime, I will keep trying to live my life with respect, and I hope that those who read this can do the same with others," she emphasized in the final part of her public statement.

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