Megan Rapinoe revealed in an interview with NPR this week that former OL Reign coach Farid Benstiti made “fat-shaming” comments to players.
The coach was forced to resign in July, and at the time, there wasn’t much revealed as to why the move was made. But the Washington Post reported in October that a complaint was filed against Benstiti for verbal abuse, specifically that he “allegedly made inappropriate comments to players regarding their fitness and nutrition.” The team’s CEO Bill Predmore said in a statement to the Post at the time that he requested the coach’s resignation after being notified of “the inappropriate comments by a player.”
Rapinoe said to NPR, “He made some—it was basically like a fat-shaming comment. He was talking about—he’s going to, like, take people’s food away. And I’m like, oh, my God, grow up. You just got yourself fired; you’re so stupid.
