Becky Vardy slammed for saying all-female World Cup panel not equality
‘Umm what happened to equality?’: Becky Vardy stuns Twitter by criticising the BBC’s all-female pundit line-up for the Women’s World Cup
- Footballer’s wife and reality TV star, 37, tweeted during England V Scotland
- She argued having an all-female commentary panel is not the way to equality
- Twitter flabbergasted saying there are few female pundits in the men’s game
- Becky is the wife of Leicester star Jamie, 32, with whom she has two children
Rebekah Vardy stunned Twitter during England’s Women’s World Cup debut against Scotland yesterday when she criticised the all-female pundit line-up for being ‘unequal’.
Becky, who is married to Leicester star Jamie Vardy, tweeted a picture of the four female pundits commentating on yesterday’s game with the caption: ‘Umm what happened to equality……’
She was soon inundated with tweets from exasperated viewers who pointed out there are very few women who preside over the men’s game.
Becky, who is married to Leicester star Jamie Vardy, tweeted a picture of the four female pundits commentating on yesterday’s game with the caption: ‘Umm what happened to equality……’
One of the presenters for yesterday’s game in Nice, Alex Scott, who has 140 England caps and has also worked for Match Of The Day and Sky Sports commentating on the men’s game, hit out at Becky.
Becky, 37, and Jamie, 32, are pictured together on the red carpet in 2017
She tweeted a picture of the mixed panel who presented the opening game between France and South Korea saying: ‘Maybe you missed the France v South Korea game.’
Fellow presenter Gabby Logan added: ‘We had @DionDublinsDube in on Friday and he’s back with us on Tuesday.’
The other two women presiding over the match at the Allianz Riviera stadium were Gemma Fay, who boasts 203 England caps, and Hope Solo, who helped the USA to World Cup victory in 2015.
Emma Follis, who plays for Birmingham City FC, branded Becky’s comments chauvinistic.
She tweeted: ‘Hi Rebekah, I think you’ll see below there was a male pundit last night. Also, there was a male co-commentator during today’s game.
‘How about you use your platform to promote your fellow gender positively rather than diminishing it and encouraging the chauvinistic comments?’
Becky replied by saying: ‘Woahhhh I 100% fully support women’s football and women in football as I do in all sport! They did and do a great job! I’m just making a point.’
She was forced to justify her argument again this morning, when she posted: ‘You’ve missed my point.
Presenter Alex Scott (pictured second left) tweeted in reply with a picture of her as part of a mixed line-up of presenters for the opening game between France and South Korea
‘It was great to have women playing a prominent role in the men’s World Cup. Shocking for a big game that no men were available to cover it.
‘If it had been Eng v Sco men, the men would have been fighting to cover it but not one there for the women’s game.’
But hundreds of Twitter users were unimpressed, with one tweeting: ‘What a completely ridiculous comment from someone who should know so much better.’
Another said: ‘I don’t see that on MOTD so why complain about this?’
Someone else posted: ‘What a disgrace, women should be encouraging a re-balancing of the power helf in the media.
‘MOTD is often (not always) all male, as is Soccer Saturday and again every often (not always) Sky coverage is all male.
‘What’s wrong with an all women panel for women’s football?’
The BBC is showing every game of this year’s Women’s World Cup, where England are among the firm favourites.
Fellow host Gabby Logan said that Dion Dublin is one of the pundits for the Wo
Emma Follis, who plays for Birmingham City FC, branded Becky’s comments chauvinistic
BBC bosses were responsible for choosing the commentary line-up, which also includes Eilidh Barbour, former England goalkeeper Rachel Brown and Rachel Yanky. who have both worked for BT Sport.
Among the men involved are ex-footballer Dion Dublin and Jonathan Pearce.
But absent from the BBC’s World Cup studio are Match Of The Day stars Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer.
Becky was forced to justify her argument again this morning with a number of new tweets
England began their World Cup campaign in style yesterday, beating Scotland 2-1.
Nikita Parris scored an early penalty before Manchester City’s Ellen White doubled the score just before halftime.
Becky Vardy, 37, married husband Jamie, 32, in 2016. They have two children together.
She appeared on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in 2017 and has had guest spots on Loose Women.
Other Twitter users were not a fan of Becky’s tweet
The England players celebrate the early Nikita Parris goal as players on the bench mob her on the touchline at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice yesterday
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