Tracey Neville has condemned the ‘truly scary’ moment brother Gary was targeted with vile abuse in the street. The former Manchester United defender appeared in a video earlier this week that showed a member of the public verbally attacking him while he was out walking.
The video, which has been viewed over 2.5million times and received 23,000 likes on social media platform X, shows Neville being confronted by an individual in broad daylight. The man, who is filming, is heard saying: “Is that Gary Neville? W*****,” to which Neville replies “you what?”
The man then continues his tirade of abuse by saying: “W*****, w*****”. That’s what you are. F****** w*****. Listen, I’m filming you because you’re a f****** w*****. You’ve got f*** all to know about the working class man, you have. Hey, even your own fans have turned against you because you’re a f****** p****.”
The video has a caption reading: “Gary Neville getting called a f****** w***** is not what I expected to see on a Monday morning, but it is delightful.”
Neville’s sister Tracey is amongst those to have responded and wrote: “Situations like these are truly scary and I can assure you they are not delightful.”
Former footballer John Hartson also waded in with his response, writing in reply: “What does this moron think he is achieving. Gary with one of his family and some t** is abusing him in public. if you feel like you want to abuse people gone do it in front of your tv screen not in public. Not very clever!”
Neville, 51, is yet to publicly address the video himself. The former United star was back in action for Sky Sports at the weekend, providing commentary for Manchester City’s potentially pivotal victory against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.
The former England defender is not the first Sky Sports pundit to have been involved in a spat with a member of the public this week. Colleague Jamie Carragher was also abused by Everton fans ahead of Liverpool’s Merseyside derby victory at Hill Dickinson Stadium over the weekend.
Some home fans were heard saying: “F*** off Carra, you soft c***” before then screaming “F*** off you k***head”.
Carragher was visibly drawn into responding to the outburst and became briefly embroiled in an exchange with the supporters. He ultimately chose to brush off the remaining taunts and carry on with his walkabout around the pitch.
