Alex Scott on love, Lineker and standing up for LGBTQ+ rights

Really good interview/profile on Alex Scott that touches on a million things from her childhood and life. May as well have posted this in ~sports or ~tv or ~humanities even. I wasn't really sure.

A few snippets from the article:

While waiting to do a “pitch-side hit”, she was seized by an idea. “Andy,” she called to the FA comms man. “No one’s told me I can’t wear an armband.” A beat later, Scott was doing live commentary from England’s opening match against Iran, armband secure on her biceps.

I ask if she knows where her father’s terrifying rage came from and she says that is the perennial question for those who have experienced domestic violence. “Everyone, I suppose, is looking for that answer. I don’t think they ever get it. I’m not at a stage where I’m hanging on to that any more.” I ask if her beloved Nan, Tony’s mother who died in 2017, knew about the violence. “Yes, I would say she did. The family knew. Neighbours knew. But when you’re that person who knows, what do you say?” She’s relieved that in today’s world people check in with those they fear are in trouble. “If I ask you, ‘Are you OK?’ And you’re like, ‘Yeah, I’m OK.’ But I know there’s something more, I’m going ask you again. Whereas, when I was growing up and people asked if you were OK, even if they knew something was wrong, they were not ready to hear.”

“Was I surprised that I fell in love with a woman? No, because it wasn’t a woman, it was a person. Actually, I hope we get to a place where people will never have to explain who they are. They can just be. Yeah, underneath it all I am a hopeless romantic.”