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"It's time to tell our story, Iker," said Carles Puyol - Casillas' former team-mate for Spain, signing off his response with a kiss emoji. And of course, the biggest apologies go to the LGBT community “.
The optimism dictated by the whole story shows that many are not aware of the personal account of the Spanish goalkeeper.
'Luckily everything in order. But at the same time, more users believe this could be a taunt or hacking.
Something is not looking quite right, and it is evident minutes later whenCarles Puyol, the historical Barcelonadefender and former Casillas‘ teammate in Spain, replies ironically: It’s time to come out and tell our story.
"I made a mistake," Puyol tweeted in apology, "sorry for a clumsy joke with no bad intentions."
But regardless of the intent of the World Cup and European Championship winners, the reaction online was strong and severe. To see my role models and legends of the game make fun out of coming out and my community is beyond disrespectful."
Tweet is 'damaging' and 'not a joke'
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Sky Sports News reporter Mark McAdam:
"One tweet, six words, 32 characters and so much damage has been done, with all the good work going on behind the scenes.
"If you look at the last 12 months, we saw Josh Cavallo come out in Australia, we have seen young Jake Daniels come out in the EFL, and then most recently Zander Murray in Scotland, which shows football is progressing.
"There is some brilliant work going on and change is genuinely being made, but when a tweet like this comes out and you've got two of the most high-profile Spanish footballers almost mocking gay people where, at the moment, it is illegal to be gay in 69 countries, young children are committing suicide because of their sexuality and there are people who are being murdered because of their sexuality, this is not a laughing matter.
"This is not a joke and it is not a source of comedy and entertainment for these footballers, regardless of the hacking situation.
"This is really serious, and it has set things back, but what you have seen from the three players I mentioned (Cavallo, Daniels, Murray) is that there is a place for LGBTQ + people in football and progress is really being made.
"This could have been one of those moments that completely changed football for the better where someone decided to say 'look, I'm gay and I'm happy to talk about it and I'm happy to put it out there'.
"But obviously it wasn't that moment because every time someone comes out, every time you've got people talking about this stuff it makes young LGBTQ +people around the world feel a little bit safer, a little bit more accepted in themselves.
"They look up to their idols and say 'if they can be gay and be a footballer then it makes me accept myself that little bit more' and that's the key for all the campaigns that happen.
"It's about showing football is an inclusive place, that progress is being made, and that you can be yourself and still enjoy football and sport as much as anyone else.
"This is why these situations are so damaging.
And Puyol? A missed opportunity.
Iker Casillas: Former Real Madrid goalkeeper deletes Twitter post announcing he is gay
Iker Casillas has said a tweet announcing he was gay, which was published from his personal Twitter account, was the result of a hack.
The former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper posted the update to his 10 million followers on Sunday afternoon.
'Hacked account,' Casillas posted.
Had it been true, Casillas would have been the most significant male player to open up about their sexuality, in a sport where the number of out male role models can still be counted on the fingers of a pair of goalkeeping gloves. All my respect and support for the LGBTQ+ community."
A Stonewall Spokesperson said: "It is disappointing to see homophobic 'jokes' being made at the expense of LGBTQ+ players and fans.
And, as it turned out, Casillas wasn't coming out at all.
He deleted his original post as well.
I understand that it could have hurt feelings.
Iker Casillas 'I'm gay' tweet: Why it was no laughing matter
For a couple of hours on Sunday lunchtime, Iker Casillas was the most famous gay footballer in the world. Fortunately, everything is Ok now. “Iker Casillas and Carles Puyol joking and making fun out of coming out in football is disappointing.
Furthermore, Puyol’s tweet, far from normalising the coming out and launching a message of inclusiveness, does nothing but cast a shadow of backward irony on homosexual relationship in a football environment, which could be much more common than it appears. It’s a difficult journey that any LGBTQ+ ppl have to go through.
I apologise to all my followers. To see my role models and legends of the game make fun out of coming out and my community is beyond disrespectful“, he said in a tweet became viral.
Even Puyol later apologised: “Sorry for a clumsy joke with no bad intentions and totally out of place“.
Although initially masked as an incident as the result of hacking, the final result has strengthened the idea of an environment where many gay footballers still struggle to get full integration, often hardly hiding throughout their careers, both at higher and lower ranks.
And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.'
Around 30 minutes earlier, the original post - which read 'I hope you respect me, I'm gay' - had been deleted from the account.
Former Barcelona captain Carles Puyol had initially responded to Casillas' tweet.
Translated, it read: "It's time to tell them about us".
But Puyol also subsequently removed his post following Casillas' deletion.
Puyol later tweeted an apology, which read: "I was mistaken.