Tracey Neville, the younger sister of Gary Neville, has spoken out after a video surfaced of the former Manchester United defender-turned-pundit being verbally abused.
On Monday morning, footage of Neville being targeted by a member of the public as he walked down the street with his wife emerged on the social media platform X.
In the 26-second clip, the individual behind the camera called Neville a "w*****". Cleary irritated by the insult, Neville turned around and replied: "You what?"
The former England international proceeded to ask why he's being filmed.
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"Listen, I'm filming because you are a f****** w*****," the individual replied. "You've got f*** all to know about the working-class fan. Even your fans have turned against you."
Many have condemned the actions of the person filming the clip, including Gary Neville's sister Tracey, who reposted the video alongside a caption that read: "Situations like these are truly scary and I can assure you they are not delightful."
John Hartson, the former Arsenal and Celtic striker, also reacted.
"What does this moron think he is achieving?" he said. "Gary, with one of his family and some tit is abusing him in public. If you feel like you want to abuse people, go do it in front of your TV screen, not in public. Not very clever!"
Social media personality John Fisher made his feelings clear on the situation, too. "Don’t agree with this one bit," he said. "There are ways to conduct yourself in public and this isn’t one of them. I’m not a fan of Neville but this is bang out of order."
As seen in the footage, the person involved accuses Neville of losing touch with the working class.
Back in October last year, Neville posted a video addressing social division in the UK and claimed the nation was being “turned on each other,” attributing much of the friction to “angry, middle-aged white men who know exactly what they’re doing.”
Speaking on LinkedIn, he described a drive along Littleton Road to visit Salford City, the League Two club he co-owns, after seeing "probably 50 or 60 Union Jack flags".
He added: "The division that's being created is absolutely disgusting and it's mainly created by angry, middle-aged white men who know exactly what they're doing," he said.
Neville went on to reveal that he had recently taken down a union flag that had been put up in one of the development sites, saying that his 85 England caps show that he is patriotic and that the flag did not represent this.
"I've been building in this city for 15-20 years and nobody's put a flag up so why do you need to put one up now? Quite clearly it's sending a message to everybody that there's something you don't like," he added.
"The Union Jack flag being used in a negative fashion is not right."
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