LEIGH GRIFFITHS has opened up on some of the most shocking, untrue rumours and the vile chants which came from the Ibrox terrace while he was out of the game this year.
The Celtic striker was taken away from the limelight after Brendan Rodgers seen the player was in trouble and issues he needed to sort out behind the scenes.
Celtic fans and many other opposition fans were in full support of Leigh as he tried to sort his life out. The Green Brigade even made up a banner which read ‘It’s okay not to be okay’ and wishing the striker well.
However, the vile nature of the chants coming from a section of the Ibrox support was disgusting. Leigh has admitted his son ended up seeing these chants online and had to go to his Dad and asked if he was done with football.
The pathetic excuse for fans chanted ‘ F*** you Leigh Griffiths, you won’t be playing football anymore. Revelling in the player’s mental illness when you would suspect anyone singing it has their own problems in life.
Opening up about the lies and that disgraceful chant, Leigh said he can take it on the chin but it has been rough for his family.
Speaking to the Herald, the striker said:
“You get some negative people who start vicious rumours about this and that and why I’ve been off,”
“I came off social media for a while. For my part and the club’s part. They wanted me to stay off and to try and not look at the negative stuff. Social media, as you well know, has kind of taken over a lot of people’s lives.
“There was a lot of negative stuff and bad things said about me that were so untrue it’s unbelievable. But if I’m off social media, my girlfriend is still on it, family members and friends are still on it. They will still pick up on it and will say to me ‘have you seen this?’
“So I’m going to see it. But I try not to focus too much on what’s been said about me. It’s not just bad stuff. It’s ridiculous. The worst thing I’ve read was that I was a massive drug addict and in a certain amount of debt. I actually started laughing.
“I’m not going to lie. It wasn’t just that, it was because my mum was reading it as well. She knows I would never go into drugs or be in debt. It was more hurtful for her because she was seeing it rather than me.
“I can take it. I’ve had stick all my life. It doesn’t bother me. But my mum is reading that online and is then being asked questions so it starts to put doubt in her mind. That was probably the worst.”
Griffiths added: “Also, my son watches videos on YouTube and he heard Rangers fans signing that I wouldn’t be playing football any more. I went up to see him one day and he asked me: ‘Dad, are you going to be back playing football?’ I said: ‘Of course I will. Why?’
“He said: ‘I was watching YouTube and I came across a video where people were singing that you won’t be playing football any more’. So I told his mum just to keep him off it as he’s going to do himself damage watching stuff like that.
“He watched the game last Wednesday and was probably more delighted than anybody to see me back on the pitch.”
Well done Leigh, looking forward to seeing you banging in the goals again. Forget about the vile gutter snipes trying to down you. Good luck. Hail Hail.