Twitter Did Not Suspend Shomurodov’s Account For Criticizing LGBTQ

Misbar's Editorial Team

Sports

3rd November 2021

Twitter Did Not Suspend Shomurodov’s Account For Criticizing LGBTQ

AS Roma Club stated Shomurodov does not own a Twitter account (Twitter).

The Claim

Twitter suspended AS Roma Club footballer Shomurodov's account after he criticized people who identify as LGBTQ.

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Pages and accounts on Facebook have recently circulated information that Twitter has suspended the account of an AS Roma Club football player named Eldor Shomurodov. The claim added that the reason for the account suspension was that the player had criticized people who identify as LGBTQ. The alleged tweet reads: “I am a footballer and i am not fine with that. Not comfortable at all. Imagine your kids to play football with gays. Fuck no! Why people accepting this as normal. Men for women and women for men.”

The alleged tweet started to circulate following the announcement by Australian footballer Josh Cavallo that “I’m a footballer, and I’m gay.”

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Photo Description: The photo shows a screenshot of a Facebook post attributing the alleged tweet to Roma Club footballer Shomurodov.

Misbar’s Analysis

Misbar investigated the circulating and found it fake. The official account of the Italian AS Roma Club denied the claim on Twitter.

The club feels it important to clarify that forward Eldor Shomurodov does not - and has never had - an official account on Twitter.

A recent tweet that has been erroneously attributed to him was posted from a fake account. That tweet in no way reflects the player’s true views.
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) October 28, 2021

Adelaide United player Josh Cavallo has come out as gay, becoming the only current top-flight male professional footballer in the world to do so.

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— Josh Cavallo (@JoshuaCavallo) October 27, 2021

A fake account with the name of AS Roma Club forward Eldor Shomurodov has initially commented on the Aussie player’s video clip tweet criticizing his behavior. However, the account impersonating Shomurodov was later suspended, and the comment was deleted.