Argentinian sports activities presenter Sofi Martinez has defiantly shutdown rumors of an affair with Lionel Messi, branding the rumors ‘ridiculous.’
Martinez has shot into the highlight over the previous few years for her success protecting the Argentinian nationwide soccer crew, along with her work on world sporting occasions such because the Olympics in Paris, Method One and the Champions League for ESPN and Argentina’s TV Publica.
The journalist’s work has seen her interview various Argentina’s biggest sports activities stars, together with Messi. Specifically, Martinez went viral for her emotional interview with the 37-year-old throughout Argentina’s triumphant 2022 World Cup.
The Inter Miami star’s public interactions with Martinez have sparked rumors they may very well be romantically concerned, regardless of Messi’s seven-year marriage to childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, with whom he shares three sons.
Nonetheless, Martinez slammed the claims, opening up on the ache it has triggered her and her household.
‘A number of the time when your publicity will increase, it brings issues that are not so good and my household suffers loads,’ Martinez admitted throughout an look on ‘PH: Podemos Hablar’ on Argentinian channel, Telefe.
Argentinian sports activities presenter Sofia Martinez shutdown rumors of an affair with Lionel Messi
The soccer star has been married to childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo since 2017
The reporter, who has risen to fame, has interview the Inter Miami star a number of occasions
‘This 12 months, folks started to speak increasingly more about, “What’s up with the way in which he seems to be at you,” issues like this, and I used to be caught in the course of one thing that made me really feel ridiculous to should make clear,’ Martinez added, referring to the unfounded fan theories claiming that the pair exchanged flirtatious glances.
Martinez additionally claimed that she had solely turn out to be a goal of the rumors resulting from her gender. She advised the viewers that ‘Podemos Hablar’ host Andy Kusnetzoff may have a look at Messi the identical manner however would not spark hypothesis as a result of he’s a person.
Neither Messi nor Antonela have addressed the rumors, regardless of previous claims that the mother-of-three was jealous of her husband’s working relationship with Martinez.
Martinez, who beforehand met Antonela, dismissed these claims, insisting she did not ‘know the place it comes from’ in a past interview with Socios del espectáculo.
The reporter additionally hailed Antonela for the way during which ‘she handles the insanity’ surrounding the worldwide soccer celebrity.
Messi and Antonela met for the primary time within the 90s of their hometown, Rosario. The Argentine was simply 5 years outdated when he met the love of his life.
Antonela was the cousin of Messi’s childhood good friend Lucas Scaglia. The 2 love birds ended up spending a considerable period of time collectively after they had been younger.
Messi and Antonela’s relationship blossomed throughout their youthful years and the pair stored in touch when the No. 10 left for Barcelona on the age of 13. Then, in 2008, Messi and Antonela made their relationship public.
Martinez slammed the claims, opening up on the ache it has triggered her and her household
Martinez has shot into the highlight over the previous few years for her success protecting a number of sporting occasions, notably the Argentinian crew’s World Cup and Copa America wins
Messi shares three sons – Thiago, 12, Mateo, 9, and Ciro, 6, – with spouse Antonela
Messi and Antonela welcomed their first son Thiago into the world in 2012 earlier than having two extra sons Mateo (2015) and Ciro (2018).
The pair tied the not in 2017 in a lavish wedding ceremony at a luxurious lodge within the coronary heart of Rosario.
She is large supporter of her husband and is frequently seen cheering him from the stands at his video games.
In the meantime, Martinez revealed that she was as single as attainable when pressed on her relationship standing in an interview with Canal 9 following her break up from fellow journalist Diego Leuco on the finish of 2023 and amid additional romance rumors linking her to Argentinian TV persona Marcos Ginocchio.
