Jake Daniels defends Blackpool teammate Marvin Ekpiteta over historic homophobic posts on Twitter

Marvin Ekpiteta issued an apology after his historic homophobic posts had been seen on the identical day Jake Daniels revealed he was homosexual (Getty)

Jake Daniels has defended his Blackpool teammate Marvin Ekpiteta after he deleted a collection of historic homophobic posts on his Twitter account.

Daniels, 17, has obtained widespread assist after he revealed he was homosexual on Monday, turning into the one present male skilled footballer within the UK to take action.

On that very same day, Blackpool defender Ekpiteta deleted a number of homophobic posts which had been made a number of years in the past.

In 2013, Ekpiteta wrote that it was ‘disgusting’ and ‘ridiculous’ that TV cleaning soap Hollyoaks had 5 homosexual characters.

That very same yr, Ekpiteta used three clapping emojis in response to a submit which introduced that Nigeria had outlawed homosexual marriage.

Ekpiteta issued an apology for his posts on Twitter and burdened that he has since ‘developed and grown as an individual’.

And now Daniels, who made his skilled debut for Blackpool earlier this month, has backed Ekpiteta’s response.

‘What you mentioned ten years in the past at 17 years outdated doesn’t outline the person you're in the present day,’ Daniels wrote in response to Ekpiteta’s apology on Twitter.

‘I'm proud to be your teammate and to be a part of the Blackpool household – we're all shifting soccer forwards collectively.’

Jake Daniels is the one male skilled footballer within the UK who's overtly homosexual (Blackpool)

In his apology, Ekpiteta wrote: ‘Immediately, social media posts I made in 2012 and 2013 have been highlighted,’ the defender mentioned in a press release on Twitter.

‘I need to wholeheartedly apologise for the offensive and utterly inappropriate language I used, and for the feelings I expressed.

‘As a footballer, and within the years spent in work, earlier than I turned knowledgeable participant, I’ve been lucky to have labored with a large and numerous vary of individuals. All through this era, I've developed and grown as an individual.

‘Yesterday, I used to be pleased with Jake and all concerned at Blackpool FC for what's a vastly constructive second for soccer as an entire.

‘I'm embarrassed by the feedback I made as a 17-year-old, practically a decade in the past, which don't in any means replicate the values I maintain now or the beliefs I've as an individual or as a team-mate.

‘Soccer must be a spot the place everybody can be happy to be true to themselves, and I'm upset that the feedback I beforehand made counsel in any other case.

‘I take full duty for these posts, and I'm sorry.’

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