I’m A Celeb’s Jill Scott praised for opening up about being queer in football: ‘Superb’

I’m A Celebrity star and retired England player Jill Scott opened up about coming as as a gay footballer.

The Lioness, who was part of the team that bought England to victory in the Euros, has always been open about her sexuality and currently lives with her partner, Shelly Unitt.

While in the camp she has spoken about her journey to starting football and now has reflected on coming out as a footballer. 

“In women’s football, coming out and homosexuality, is it more open? As obviously that is a problem in men’s football,” fellow campmate Seann Walsh asked. 

Scott replied: “I think in the men’s game, it’s so difficult. If you think about how much stick they get from chants… it’s just not a safe environment, where they feel safe enough to do that. And that’s so sad. 

“But yeah in women’s football it’s just never an issue. Some have partners that are female, some are married to men, yeah…”



Jill Scott is pretty fucking superb, isn’t she? She seems like one of the most decent people on #ImACeleb.