Candice Warner has revealed Cricket fans in adelaide Oval hit her with a spree of abuse while she was with her daughters during the second Test against the West Indies at the weekend.
The wife of Australian opener David Warner was unable to repeat the words shouted at her from the stands, but criticized the offenders as "weak" and "gutless".
She also said the incident left her feeling insecure as she attended cricket to support her husband David.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, just before lunchtime, when two of the Warners' three daughters wanted to see their father.
Candice made the 200-meter walk from one section of the stadium to another hand in hand with her daughters when the group of men abused her.
'As we were passing a large group of people, it was a group of five or six men who decided [hurl abuse]', he told the Summer Breakfast Triple M radio show.
They were extremely, fair, hurling vile abuse at me.
Warner signs autographs for young cricket fans after Australia's victory over the West Indies on the fourth day of their Test cricket match in Adelaide.
โSo I kept walking and then I stopped and looked at this group of men, and it was one guy in particular.
โThey were laughing and pointing and they thought what they did was right.
So I decided to take on these guys. I didn't have to, but with my girls in hand I thought it was really important to face them.
'Because for us, my actions must reflect the messages that I give to my children.'
Candice said that the group's response when she confronted them was revealing.
โLike any group of men who have been drinking, they were weak, they had no guts, they didn't recognize what they did and the man who was actually yelling this abuse was hiding behind his friend.
"I just said, 'Are you okay with yourself trying to bully me, put me down, embarrass me in front of my kids? Clearly you don't have kids, it's not okay. It's not okay to bully someone, it's not okay to make fun of other people."
"The sad thing is, at a time when we're trying to encourage more women, more girls to be involved in sport, to attend sport, now I'm starting to feel like it's not safe for me and my children to attend. to sport". and support her father.
The Warner family arrived in Adelaide last week to support Australia's opening Test batsman, David Warner.
Candice said it was equally disappointing that no one in the crowd defended them or even checked on their well-being after the shocking attack.
"What really disappointed me was one, the fact that they thought it was funny, two that they couldn't admit their mistake, but the fact that in a packed stadium, when they could clearly see a mother with two children in anguish, my girls were upset, not a single person came to help me. Not one,' she said.
Many social media users continued to berate Candice and David Warner online after the incident.
However, Candice revealed that a fan who was in the stands when the incident occurred later reached out on social media.
That night I went on my Instagram page and a guy who was in that group said, "I just want you to know that unfortunately I was only with the group that said some horrible things to you at Adelaide Oval about 15 minutes ago."
David Warner and his wife Candice Warner pose for a portrait during a Cricket Australia press opportunity
I didn't say anything, but I didn't speak either, so I'm really sorry and sorry that he said what he said. I know this won't make up for anything, but I just wanted to apologize."
'I went and looked on his page and he has a son, he also has a daughter.
โWith my husband gone for so long, I am basically the mother and father of these girls most of the time.
"I will not allow my daughters to see their mother being harassed, bullied, it is not what I stand for."
