Kyle Walker speaks after breaking lockdown rules three times in 24 hours, with a trip to a party, his mother’s house and cycling.
It comes just weeks after the Premier League player broke the rules by holding a sex party with two escorts.
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One outlet has claimed Walker travelled from his house in Prestbury, Cheshire, for a party at his sister’s home in Rotherham and then went to his parents’ home in Sheffield this week.
The following day he reportedly went out cycling with a friend from his rented property in Hale.
Kyle Walker faces cop quiz and £1,000 fine after breaking lockdown three times in 24 hours https://t.co/uYTOZAQ66P pic.twitter.com/WLCdN1BmTQ
— The Sun Football ⚽ (@TheSunFootball) May 7, 2020
Walker released a statement late on Thursday night to address the revelations.
In a statement on his official Twitter feed, Walker hit out, saying: “I feel as though I have stayed silent for long enough.
“In light of the most recent article published about me and my family, I feel as though I have no choice but to address things publicly.
“I have recently gone through one of the toughest periods of my life, which I take full responsibility for.
“However, I now feel as thought I am being harassed.
“This is no longer solely affecting me, but affecting the health of my family and my young children too.”
Walker admitted contravening coronavirus regulations again by visiting Sheffield to see his sister and his parents – for which he could be fined and cautioned by police.
“In relation to the events on Wednesday, I travelled to Sheffield to give my sister a birthday card and present, but also to speak to one of the few people I believe I can trust in my life.
“She hugged me to remind me that she cares and that I am loved. What am I meant to do – push her away?
“I then travelled to my parents’ house to pick up some home-cooked meals. Again, it’s been an extremely tough couple of months for them.
“It’s been an extremely tough couple of months for them: everything I’ve gone through in my life they have gone through with me.
“What have my parent and sister done to deserve their privacy being invaded by photographers following me to their homes?
“I constantly feel as though I’m being followed.
“I don’t even feel safe in the confines of my own home – why should they have to feel like that too? Who deserves that?
“I am in a privileged position as a role model and a professional athlete, and can assure you from my upbringing I do not take it for granted.
“But at what stage do my feelings get taken into consideration?
“My family has been torn apart, this has been dragged through the press, and I ask, when is enough enough?
“At a time when the focus is understandably on Covid19, at what point does mental health get taken into consideration, an illness which affects every sufferer differently?
“I am a human being, with feelings or pain and upset just like everybody else. Being in the public eye as a professional athlete does not make you immune to this.
“It is sad, but I feel as though my life is being scrutinised without any context. I understand if people are upset or angry with me, but it was important for people to have a better understanding of my life.”
It was on the 28th of March he urged the public and his followers to #StayHomeSaveLives.
Fans reacted after Kyle Walker speaks after breaking lockdown rules three times in 24 hours…
I mean the guidelines couldn’t be any more straightforward to follow to be fair.
— Michael (@rooney03) May 7, 2020
That’s boo hoo to me. You’ve invited hookers to your home and everything else is fucked. Who the hell does your PR?? This is awful. Terrible excuses and it’s so bloody weak.
— Paul Young ? (@paulyoungphotos) May 7, 2020
Absolute clown ??♂️
— Ben (@WanyamaEra) May 7, 2020
THE FACT YOU GET PAID MORE IN A WEEK THAN WHAT I DO IN A YEAR you spend it on prostitutes during a lockdown and a global pandemic and then yet again break lockdown rules you aren’t the only one who wants to see their loved ones hun
— Katie Louise (@katiethxmson) May 7, 2020
The amount of gifts I’ve had to buy for family members online and get it delivered to them. Without seeing them on birthdays etc. Don’t understand how he’s trying to justify his actions. Stop doing it.
— MCFC_OK (@MortimerCTID) May 8, 2020
Everyone is in the same boat pal. Why is it fair you get to see all your family and not get judged for it but no one else can ?
— Luke Brown (@lukeandrewbrown) May 7, 2020
Jeez. Yes the press were very wrong to follow you, but you should not have been visiting family. It’s lockdown. Yet again you’re bringing this on yourself, so stop playing the victim! Others haven’t seen their families at all in nearly 50 days – what makes you so different???
— Gyp (@Gypster1971) May 8, 2020
No we’re not
— Tim Read (@TREAD6) May 7, 2020
We’re all finding it fucking tough at the moment but we get on with it we all don’t invite hookers round or go to our family’s houses for hugs, your meant to be a role model, like millions of others id love to go and hug my sister (missed her 21st) or to go to my parents house
— Hooley (@StuHooley) May 7, 2020
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