Indigenous AFL star Eddie Betts has called out a racist footy fan who used a picture of a chimpanzee while making an online comment about the Carlton forward. The offensive picture was sent to the Carlton star via Twitter in the lead up to the return of the 2020 season. Indigenous AFL star Eddie Betts (pictured with his family) has called out a racist footy fan who sent him a picture of a monkeyThe offensive picture was sent to the Carlton star via twitter in the lead up to the return of the game (pictured: Eddie Betts' Instagram post calling out the footy fan)Fellow players, models and fans rallied in support of him. Model Megan Gale, whose partner Shaun Hampson was a former teammate of Betts at Carlton also gave her support. Betts' tweet coincided with the resumption of the AFL season over the weekend after the COVID-19 lockdown.

Source: Daily Mail June 15, 2020 01:22 UTC