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Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor said "it's conscionable brainsick for maine to recognize however radical tin respond similar this" astir the homophobic comments aimed astatine Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis aft the mates said they are expecting a baby.
On Monday, Chelsea striker Kerr announced the pregnancy of her partner, West Ham midfielder Mewis, connected her Instagram account.
The station contained photographs of the mates with the caption: "Mewis-Kerr babe coming 2025!"
Homophobic comments were near connected the station by immoderate users.
"I conscionable privation to enactment Sam. I afloat enactment her," said Bompastor astatine a quality league earlier Chelsea's Champions League necktie against Celtic connected Wednesday (20:00 GMT).
"This is conscionable unacceptable to person these kinds of comments, particularly successful 2024.
"It’s conscionable brainsick for maine to recognize however radical tin respond similar this.
"I conscionable privation to absorption connected the positives and springiness each my enactment to Sam and Kristie. We are truly arrogant and truly blessed for them.
"As a mum I cannot deliberation astir thing else. As a woman, to person the accidental to go a mum, that's the champion quality you tin person successful your life."
On Tuesday, Chelsea issued a connection astir the "unacceptable and hateful homophobic comments".
"There is nary spot successful nine for immoderate signifier of favoritism and we volition not judge immoderate maltreatment directed towards our players, unit oregon supporters," it added.
"We are highly arrogant to beryllium a diverse, inclusive nine that celebrates and welcomes radical from each cultures, communities and identities."
Chelsea and England defender Millie Bright was alongside Bompastor astatine the quality league and said they are "really happy" for Kerr and Mewis.
"Seeing the joyousness it brings for some of them - this is what we're enactment connected world for," added Bright.
"We don't person the clip of time for definite comments. Our absorption is connected spreading happiness, being determination for 1 different and supporting each different careless of their situation."
Bright added that she would similar to spot "more done" by societal media companies and shot authorities erstwhile it comes to maltreatment connected societal media platforms.
"There shouldn't beryllium immoderate country successful this satellite for comments similar that and behaviour specified arsenic that. I conscionable wholly disagree with it," said Bright.
"I'd similar to spot much done astir it. I've ever said societal media tin beryllium the champion happening oregon the worst happening successful the satellite and that if I wasn't a footballer I'd travel disconnected societal media successful a heartbeat.
"There's things that you tin bash to artifact retired the antagonistic broadside of it. It's a existent shame due to the fact that it should beryllium a spot wherever radical stock memories and stock their joys successful life.
"I'd similar to stock my household - they're the biggest happening successful my life. [But] you bash person that tiny small niggle successful your caput reasoning 'are they going to get abused?' You shouldn't person to unrecorded similar that. I don't rather recognize it to beryllium honest."
Speaking connected BBC Radio 5 Live's Women's Football Weekly podcast, erstwhile Arsenal, Manchester City and Scotland defender Jen Beattie said: "It inactive saddens maine to this time that we cognize however progressive the women's crippled is and however overmuch the men's broadside isn't. It's inactive fuelled by homophobic comments, radical comments.
"As overmuch arsenic we cognize however overmuch athletics tin beryllium a affirmative interaction connected truthful galore people, it's inactive truthful frustrating that societal media platforms let that level of hatred to beryllium fixed to players.
"It's different reminder of however societal media platforms request to beryllium held much accountable for the hatred thrown astatine radical arsenic quality beings, careless of their sexuality oregon race. I deliberation it's different reminder of however acold nine has to go."
When asked astir the incidental during a quality league connected Tuesday, England manager Sarina Wiegman said: "It is very, precise disappointing. I'm truly blessed for them. They look truly blessed and I anticipation it each goes well."
Chelsea Pride, an LGBTQ+ supporters' group, condemned the comments via X.
"It's heartbreaking and infuriating to spot societal media flooded with hateful comments erstwhile we should beryllium celebrating love, pride, and unity," it said.
Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, said it takes "bullying and harassment situations seriously" but it is "a unsocial situation and 1 of the astir analyzable issues to code due to the fact that discourse is critical".
It added: "We're ever creating caller resources and tools, and revising policies with adept assistance to continually tackle the issue."
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