"You can't help who you fall in love with" | Beth Mead opens up on her sexuality & football journey

[@theruthcarlson]

What a great interview. Even the staging, not angled at the presenter, giving Beth the space and limelight she deserves :)

[@bermondsey548428]

Let me have a guess she's a lady's lady nudge nudge wink wink

[@Bart_Allen_YT]

Vivianne is an absolute class act both on and off the pitch. Her work with common goal, the less fortunate children, gender equality is commendable. While on the field, her goal scoring exploits are second to none.

[@barrymay8269]

Beth is not only a great footballer but a really lovely person as well. She is a fantastic role model. Good luck to her for the future. ❤️

[@maze3322]

Beth is incredible. making such a strong statement and showing so much love is just amazing, you are amazing meadooo

[@justahungryperson]

amazing footballer, even more amazing person. inspiring a generation, well done meado

[@timcomley5948]

Easy

[@LeornianCyng]

A wonderful ambassador for athletes and football, she’s an absolute role model.

[@LJ.Jasper]

Wonderful interview with a remarkable, talented young woman. We love you, Beth!

[@kenspedding4594]

Talentless

[@philfyphil]

A very unspoiled, level headed lady, she’s great.

[@ratusbagus]

Thanks Beth and all women football players past and present for completing our wonderful game and even bringing it home.

[@wesleywelch6090]

Meado is such a baller! watching her play is a delight.

[@anthonyprince2759]

I have huge respect for beth well said I agree with her she is a icon to the women's game well done beth x

[@belindacasera1070]

I love beth.... she's a brave and amazing woman

[@tomnightowlwarne8657]

Great footballer and lovely person

[@lifesforliving4929]

Beth, you are an inspiration to everyone, whatever age or gender or sexuality 👌👍😊

[@seemourbutts6679]

Is she the first ever lesbian sportswoman then?

[@lifesforliving4929]

@@seemourbutts6679 What are you on about ?

[@theferocious3584]

@@lifesforliving4929 you know this is wrong

[@lifesforliving4929]

@@theferocious3584 I'd like money on it that she has achieved a great deal more in all aspects of her life than all the phobics that hide behind the anonymity of social media, tapping out comments like yours while safely hiding themselves away from public view and scrutiny. Beth's got guts, unlike a lot of the slithering non achievers on here

[@theferocious3584]

@@lifesforliving4929 She came out, wowzzers, she's amazing and the first person in the world to reveal her sexuality, what an achievement. She deserves a medal of honor braver than soldiers who fight in wars on the frontline and all the doctors who save people's lives everyday. Go Beth!

[@christy6873]

This girl is class

[@garethjenkins6273]

I cannot believe some of the comments on this page. Attacking Beth Mead and other women players for their sexuality. Beth can love whoever she wants. It's nobody else's business. The only thing that matters is that she keeps doing the business for Arsenal and England. All of your bores, bigots and religious zealots shouldn't you be off on the Mail online slagging off Meghan Markle or climate change activists.

[@Mors_Inimicis]

Ah bless , feel better after your woke lecture? Nice little dopamine hit was it ? 😂

[@eclectica1]

​@@Mors_Inimicis It's no worse than the negativity.

[@stevenrussellhaime6626]

Queen of Women’s Football and wonderful person

[@ferashdaib7674]

wow, I didn't know she and Vivianne Miedema are in a relationship !!

[@SantomPh]

So it's Mead and Mied?

[@miedema_love]

@@SantomPh Meadema

[@vvi1937]

No ! She is not

[@dalebaker5030]

@@SantomPh no pead and pead

[@AS90AS90____]

Love Beth, she's great!

[@aureamatos3630]

Beth is an amazing person

[@Infinito_T]

Yeah yeah ok .. and Leah and Millie and Sarina wiegman, Chloe Kelly and Santa Claus. And i almost forget the people from Red Cross who helped people in Jemen and the rest of the world

[@penguinmina7296]

@@Infinito_T lol why tf u r so mad?

[@Infinito_T]

​@@penguinmina7296 lol no substantiation in every comment in English Women's vids

[@penguinmina7296]

@@Infinito_T i can comment all i want i am not the raging man throwing a tantrum at a fan admiring beth😂

[@Infinito_T]

@@penguinmina7296 no problem. I'll join then. Beth is the best in the whoole world🙃

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Wishing you all the wonderful love you two can find

[@craigoliver8712]

Good interview Beth well done-top girl

[@alioc1374]

i just love her so much

[@punchiauntie]

Favourite phrase - to be fair. 😂

[@odeyhawiye.xaajiguners.9849]

LUCY BRONZE and Beth mead What a player's💯💯🙏❤💖

[@Mors_Inimicis]

Beth is a lovely girl and a brilliant player . May you score a bucketload of goals this weekend please 🙏

[@jessmagoa]

I love Beth and Viv individually and together. They are such lovely people and give me hope of finding my person 🤍 ugh I love them

[@chelister27]

I love that Viv is such a softy ❤ she's such a badass on the field.

[@welshed]

Shocker, female footballer is a lesbian. The world is rocked to its core.

[@hannahoosh]

Thanks for everything Beth!

[@carr5629]

This is amazing!

[@shannarattan8963]

Beth Mead is amazing I asboutely love her 😍

[@THENITROFU]

Dog

[@jamiewhitney4724]

MEADO MEADO MEADOOO!😭😭!! Meado is so F******ing Awesome and a England football Lionesses Legend🥰🥰🥰❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹☺️☺️☺️💋💋💋!! she is so right you can’t help who you like/love! Preach it Meado!☺️☺️☺️!

[@nikkahampshire7370]

Hi this is really random but does anyone know what the name of Beth's shoes are cos I've seen them before alot and I really like them?

[@oshea03]

We'll never see Leah as open anymore after becoming captain.

[@pjconey]

Woman footballer is a lesbian, really. The only time i'll be shocked is when one comes out as a heterosexual

[@akaZexy]

Ikr

[@jaspersparrows9643]

True my friend they don't want have children woman are selfish.she lesbian or what

[@9jaTGonnerTv]

We make choices in life .. Either good or bad. Just an act of love us enough to be this world a better place

[@Truthnowhere2020]

She is a great player and role model but I fail to understand what exactly her sexuality has to do with how she plays the game, or how it affects anyone playing any sport. Whilst I understand "fake" fans may get on her back it actually isn't anyone else's business. Do we care what her favourite pizza topping is? What her preferred shampoo is? No. Why has sexual preference become a talking point is sport's reporting when it has very little to do with sport?

[@tiparoch619]

Maybe you can ask Desandis about that.. sorry.

[@user-up5vp8gk4k]

What's the statue of the Dog Please?

[@robertgreen5217]

They are every where these days, these ballers

[@edyak6280]

Meado is a star! A true Gooner…

[@thetoffieman142]

Well done Beth x

[@Bulskee]

Sky have been busy moderating these comments!

[@stolentardis2111]

Meado Meado Meado 🙌🙌

[@chrismaddin8242]

Beth might be into women, but I still love her great player.

[@hannahwieler4455]

LEGEND 😍

[@grahamrobb9773]

I'm watching the Arsenal Women's team leading Tottenham Hotspur Women's team 1-0 and guess who scored after 5 minutes? 🤔🥳🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴

[@youknownada2326]

Was she not in a relationship with Van Der Donk?

[@agatalissi525]

yeah but they broke up and now Danielle is with Ellie Carpenter her teammete at Lion

[@poppins7200]

@@agatalissi525 did they break up? Omg, they were so a powerful couple. Sorry to hear! So now Beath is dating?

[@youknownada2326]

@@poppins7200 Beth is with Mediama or however you spell it.

[@poppins7200]

@@youknownada2326 still can't believe these players change their partners just as they pass the ball😂 I once shipped Dvd and Beth

[@youknownada2326]

@@poppins7200 Do you blame them?They all share baths together

[@alliblackman5020]

Legend!!!

[@mancredgaming3920]

Stunning and brave

[@pauldavies7251]

She's trying to be a footballer there's zero to be brave about

[@sgtted7580]

Who is Beth Mead.

[@terukoarimori]

My mum making me take dance lessons, I can relate 😅

[@thetruthhurts7675]

Look, as 66 year old man can I just ask exactly who's business it his what she does in her private life? She is attractive, and this issue crops up in the media with all women who are attractive. Who personally cares what her preference is? If this part of her life worries you then I feel extremly sorry for the present state of the world!

[@Nathan-W]

Beth is such a kind person. Like I will be honest I am straight but I still accept people in the LGBTQ+ community. As long as they aren’t hurting any1 then I really don’t mind who they like. They’re choice and at the end of the day I can force anyone to change their opinions even if I would feel uncomfortable in their shoes

[@lifesforliving4929]

can't? 😊

[@BedZzledbbg]

You really shouldn’t have to say all that it should be the norm to accept lgbtq people

[@robertcraig4704]

MEADO,,YOU ARE SUPER AWESOME

[@GoldenbanjoDJ]

a lesbian female footballer? noooooooo way

[@merseydave1]

Why do women always get questioned about sexuality in football ... men don't ?

[@M13073]

We love meado ♥️♥️♥️

[@andrewpeters6339]

Great

[@Ian-lx1iz]

That's right! You don't actually _choose_ who you're going to 'knock clogs' with. lol

[@sonnyirish3678]

Do people watch women's football?

[@bobbyboko6317]

Why do ?

[@sonnyirish3678]

@@bobbyboko6317 Because its nonsense.

[@bobbyboko6317]

@@sonnyirish3678 why do people watch women's football , because it's inferior and we are being force fed it by the media , we are made to feel we are bad people if we don't watch it

[@chazer0075]

I do

[@katiep2177]

59,000+ were in attendance at the emirates to watch mead's arsenal team play last week so yeah, i'd say they do.

[@jboy-j1091]

Love you Meadow. Come to Manchester United Wms please.

[@saxobeat0881]

Poor Lisa, I thought miedama n Lisa were solid I can't believe they have broke up... these girls chop n change there partners like the wind crazy

[@TinoStruggle081]

The average lesbian relationship lasts 4 years, there's no future in these relationships. Leave things the way nature intended.

[@saxobeat0881]

@@TinoStruggle081 that's abit strange 4yrs because I've been with my partner for 12yrs now so i would like to no where you get your info from coz there's certainly a future in mine

[@herbsmits481]

@@saxobeat0881 I think TinoStruggle081 knows very little about relationships and what “natures intentions” are.

[@cheech180]

@@herbsmits481 he's not wrong also more domestic abuse in lesbian relationships too

[@herbsmits481]

@@cheech180 Saying “Leave things the way nature intended” (TinoStruggle081) is just homophobic. All the other sourceless “explanations” mean nothing to me.

[@princekells2]

My favorite, love uuuu❤️❤️

[@bryanjvaughan]

Nice one Beth

[@ekakhacapuridze2654]

such an inspiration

[@chrisbkinsella]

FairPlay to ya..

[@jasontrue8056]

Unless you are Mark Samson, ok for women footballers to sleep with each other but if a woman player sleeps with the coach IT'S a big no no

[@seandoyle8629]

how is she brave ???

[@annalavigne629]

r u slow

[@millwallholdings]

@@annalavigne629 oh how brave 🤣

[@Rudi_Mentary723]

@@millwallholdings Anyone who goes against the rules of nature is brave no ?! Or dumb! I don't know, might be both or neither. 🤔

[@19george73]

SHOCK!!!!! woman footballer is a lesbian!!!! never been heard of before!!!

[@craigbarnett9489]

What has this got to do with football?

[@IanEckert1977]

...She has Buggered off to Sunderland or Durham and I am furious...

[@jaspersparrows9643]

What are you telling people

[@bubbleblow7461]

Why not?

[@chriso8485]

Why do people call grown women 'girls'

[@EpicSlug]

Who is she?

[@Jorja_47]

ur mom

[@hannahoosh]

MEADOOOOO MEADDDOOOO

[@noogate2672]

Two lasses kissing and cuddling?? I've heard it all now.

[@iand7475]

No one cares who you sleep with just do your job.

[@pauljs.438]

No one is interested 😴😴 sky sports is so embarrassing at the moment it’s so woke , some of the presenter’s are laughable

[@chazer0075]

Cry about it

[@stanbily9416]

You aren’t interested. Don’t speak for me and everyone else.

[@Mors_Inimicis]

The increase in popularity with the women’s game over the last few years has been great but be prepared for that day, and it will come , when big strapping Steve turns up declaring he is now Stephanie and should be allowed to play in the WSL , then hard won credibility will be lost and the whole lot will come crashing down around their ears 😉

[@chazer0075]

Can women have anything without you bringing your transphobia into it? That's not how trans women in sport work and you know it.

[@Mors_Inimicis]

@@chazer0075 Oh bore off , it’s a perfectly reasonable comment and has happened in Holland . I hope your virtual signal gave you the dopamine hit you so obviously crave 🙄

[@garethjenkins6273]

@Mors Inimicis What a ridiculous statement. Apart from just displaying your prejudices, you also miss the point of football. Football is not just aboutt physical attributes. It is more about talent, technique, natural ability. If it is just physique then how were Messi, Iniesta and Xavi 3 of the greatest players that ever lived. None of them taller than 5 foot 7.

[@Mors_Inimicis]

@@garethjenkins6273 What is more ridiculous is that you have liked your own comment 😂

[@chazer0075]

@@Mors_Inimicis Holland isn't a country, so I doubt whatever your referring too happened there. Trans women don't transition to be good at women's sport, that's just the truth, and there is zero proof that after two years of being on hrt that trans women have any biological advantages over their cis peers. Go take your bigotry somewhere else please

[@rickyraw5457]

Young lesbians everywhere can aspire to be just like Beth......how wonderful

[@robertgreen5217]

Yes what an advert for sport.

[@dalebaker5030]

how else are they going to depopulate?

[@mariaalpizar8134]

Beth...🥰👏🏼⚽️👈

[@garylucas7050]

Seems like the guy interviewing her is her brother ?

[@Timmaster600]

True :)

[@Sur-Ron]

MEADO!!!

[@hamkaida]

Poor Lisa

[@adeh503]

You like women so what

[@justmatt7931]

Nobody gives a toss about who youre dating

[@TubeYou138]

Why is who people are banging news FFS

[@alliblackman5020]

Have another go at that senstance.

[@penguinmina7296]

@@alliblackman5020 giiiiirrrrrll HAAAAAHAAAA

[@TubeYou138]

@@alliblackman5020 Have another go at your sentence boy.

[@abhibiju1421]

Good fodder

[@AM-fv1it]

What is someone falls in love with a child or an animal would society accept this?

[@carr5629]

Excuse me?

[@shilahb6491]

that’s a bit different isnt it

[@AM-fv1it]

“you can’t help who you fall in live with” seems this doesn’t apply to everyone

[@insertnamehere5809]

Concent!

[@dalebaker5030]

@@shilahb6491 explain why.

[@meademafc]

🐐❤

[@THENITROFU]

🐕 🐩 🐶 she is

[@ksw6513]

The strike force is going to be mead and James up front for women England team Nine and seven next few years then going to see the board for renewing

[@ksw6513]

Women euros and world cup

[@stickykitty]

😂

[@6969-x7o]

Didn't realise she is lesbian !

[@fUNNY-do6rb]

female footballer go figure

[@Jasperroodog]

Lesbianism is rife within the ladies game and there are many coach /player relationships that need investigating.

[@matthewmiles9626]

It seems like women go into training and just put their keys in the bowl

[@blackbob3358]

Is ya man a shirt lifter ? Sky tv just love a bit of "titillation", do'nt they "Roops" ?

[@peterdolan1787]

TOP bird ❤

[@Chilinda5278]

👍

[@SDMotorsports]

Who cares