Mary Earps claims reaction to autobiography has been ‘distorted’ amid public backlash

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Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps has claimed response to her autobiography has been “distorted” and insisted she didn’t intend to “tear anybody down”.

Extracts from the 32-year-old Paris Saint-Germain keeper’s e book, which is because of be launched this week, have been printed by The Guardian.

Her suggestion that her substitute because the Lionesses’ No 1, Chelsea’s Hannah Hampton, had been rewarded for “unhealthy behaviour” after being dropped for being “disruptive and unreliable” particularly made headlines.

Nevertheless, Earps has admitted she has been shocked by how a few of her feedback have been interpreted and amplified on social media.

The previous Manchester United keeper retired from worldwide soccer 36 days forward of the Lionesses starting their Euros title defence this summer season, with Hampton finally taking part in a starring function within the marketing campaign.

Earps instructed BBC Sport: “It’s been actually overwhelming to see how some issues have been distorted a bit bit.

“I’ve not written this e book to tear anybody down in any form or kind. That’s not who I’m as an individual. That is actual life. It has penalties. It isn’t a drama.

“I don’t assume I’ve thought of what I needed the response to be. I’m not shocked by what I’ve seen on my algorithms [on social media]if I had come to the identical conclusions as different individuals if I’m sincere. However that’s not what I really feel I’ve written.

“I don’t assume it’s a good reflection and I believe it’s been taken out of the whole lot of the context. I discuss so many various issues and it’s laborious to see solely sure issues being pulled out and actually centered on.”

The primary of a number of extracts, which have been serialised, reveals Earps’s perspective in direction of Hampton amid alleged rigidity within the England camp and her response to shedding her berth as No 1, whereas a separate interview with The Guardian goes into additional element on each matters.

Subsequent extracts have centered on Earps’s struggles with alcohol, melancholy, and consuming points through the Covid pandemic, in addition to her battle with Nike over the corporate’s failure to promote duplicate Lionesses goalkeeper shirts.

With PA