This past weekend some Betis players were together at a wedding. In a photo that Camarasa uploaded to his Instagram, Borja Iglesias and Aitor Ruibal could be seen with a bag each. Juanmi, Víctor Ruiz and Camarasa himself were also in the same photo. After making this snapshot public, On social networks, both Borja and Ruibal began to receive homophobic insults for the clothes they were wearing and for the bag.
Neither of the two players kept quiet and denounced this situation on Twitter. The first to speak was Ruibal: “After the frustrated attempts by a noisy minority to ridicule my colleague Borja Iglesias and me, in reference to our clothing, as well as its supposed link with our sexual orientation, I just want to underline: the importance of maintaining respect for any person, regardless of their sexual orientation or of any kind. The need, once and for all, to normalize and live together, rejecting and moving away from any type of phobia, to make it possible to live normally in our society. Condemn homophobia, which evidently continues to exist to a greater or lesser extent, and fight for its eradication. Those who at this point continue to display behavior of this type urgently need help. They have the problem because of their intolerance and their complexes”.
After this publication, Borja Iglesias also came out: “Every time these types of situations occur in reference to the phobias that still exist, they give me strength to continue fighting so that everyone can do and enjoy themselves and others as they really want. Thank you very much for all the messages of affection that you always give me. And to those of you who are still in prehistory, I send you a lot of encouragement, it must be very difficult not to evolve and keep conditioning yourself instead of enjoying how precious life is.”
