I have been dying to blog about this for weeks, after finding out who it was a few weeks ago thanks to the great invention that is the internet and of course Twitter!! My interest in Super injunctions has been ongoing for many weeks now, especially when I wrote my final ever University essay on the issue and the damage that they are causing to journalism. So now that it is all out in the open I can finally say it...IT WAS RYAN GIGGS!!! Yes the Man United star was unveiled yesterday as the player who had taken out a super injunction to prevent the media publicising that he was in fact the man who was having an alleged 6 month affair with Welsh beauty queen and Big Brother star Imogen Thomas.(pictured below)
It has to be said that this was probably the worst kept secret in history as I don't think I barely came across one person in recent weeks who didn't already know that it was of course the Welsh "family man".
But the bigger picture here is not really who it was (even though I am glad it was him because I'm quite frankly sick of his wholesome projected image and the fact that most people thought he was the ultimate professional and great gentleman, doesn't look that way now does it?? (And it's not just because he's a manc that I strongly dislike him, although that is a part of it! ;) It's the issue surrounding the alarming rise in the amount of superinjunctions we have been hearing about in recent years that is the real issue. Why should these footballers and other famous celebrities have the right to gag the media just because they have a lot of money?? The media have a duty to report and inform the public of things which they ought to know and are in the public interest. And although some would argue the private lives of footballers and celebrities are not in the public interest, I would whole heatedly disagree on some areas. IF a person is known in the media and is a public figure who gains MONEY from being a 'family man' or other such interests then the public have a right to know that they are being conned!
Ryan Giggs played up to this 'family man' image and gentleman of football for many many years, even being awarded and OBE last year and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2009 for his services to the game and just for being an all round 'good guy'. But now we see, Ryan isn't such a gentleman. The truth is that he is a cheat and liar and pretty much a coward for trying to hide behind his money and a super injunction! Even though I do not feel one tidy bit of sympathy for him, it's his loving wife and children that I do feel sorry for. His wife is the innocent victim in all of this yet she will have to deal with much more than anyone else as the media wait with baited breath to see whether or not she will leave him or give him a second chance. Her life has just been turned upside down and she never asked for any of this.Whether or not she will stay with him or otherwise remains to be seen, but one thing is definitely for certain is that Giggs is certainly not the only footballer or celebrity we will be talking about in the weeks and months to come in relation to super injunctions. My guess is that there are plenty others quaking in their boots at this moment in time wondering if their super injunction will be unmasked by the power of social media and the Internet.
I'll leave you with this EXCELLENT picture I saw posted on the internet yesterday, check out the sign beside Mr Giggs, says it all really! ;)
N.B I do not own or have any copyright of any of the pictures posted on this blog post.
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