Leanna Lenee is firing again on the haters — and it’s been brewing for some time.
The fiancée of Heisman Trophy winner and two-way Colorado star Travis Hunter got here below scrutiny from followers for a way she appeared to react through the weekend — and all through the season.
Viewers of the Heisman ceremony took umbrage with Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders seemingly having to inform Lenee to face up when Hunter was introduced because the winner, after which once more when a video surfaced of her wanting upset as he interacted with what regarded like followers as a pop-up occasion after successful.
“When his title was referred to as, I immediately was going to stand up — for those who watch the video, his mother didn’t stand up, so I used to be like, ‘Oh, possibly I don’t stand up, I simply sit right here,’” she mentioned in an emotional TikTok video Monday that lasted almost eight minutes.
“As quickly as I seen Travis stand up, then I assumed it was applicable to face up, greet him, congratulate him. However then, there was a digital camera proper in entrance of Coach Prime and I knew they had been going to movie that second and due to how individuals are on-line, I used to be like, I don’t wish to be in that shot, so I sat down.
“I acquired out of the digital camera, purposefully, to allow them to have their second. That’s all it was. Nobody instructed me to face up, nobody needed to inform me to have a good time with him. I used to be simply sitting there crying, I needed to take it in — I used to be tremendous excited for him. However I needed the second to be about him and his household.”
Lenee mentioned she acquired permission from Hunter to air her grievances within the video after her fiancé took to Twitch to inform followers that she cried to herself to sleep in coping with all of the criticism.
herself to sleep following web criticism. Travis Hunter/Instagram
“You ain’t by no means had no woman so why are y’all speaking about me,” Hunter, a large receiver and cornerback for the Buffaloes, mentioned throughout a livestream. “Discover another person to speak about. … Go speak about your woman. Go discover a woman. Go discover a life. Cease worrying about what I acquired occurring. I do know what I acquired.”
“Y’all hate on me then you definately go hate on my woman,” he continued. “I really feel the identical factor that she feels. We’re inseparable. We’re with one another. If she’s hurting I’m hurting [and vice versa] … she’s nonetheless sleeping. She’s lump. You already know whenever you’re harm you simply cry your self to sleep and also you be gone. She’s drunk OD quantity tonight for no purpose.”
Lenee, who acquired engaged to Hunter in February, defined that her drained state was the end result of a number of situations all through the season that painted her in an unflattering mild — together with one after Colorado’s win over Oklahoma State wherein she was accused of being offended Hunter was speaking to cheerleaders.
video on Monday. @leannalenee6/TikTok
“Folks thought I used to be upset with him celebrating with cheerleaders. I don’t know the place that began, however that’s not what I mentioned,” she mentioned, including that safety wasn’t letting household onto the sector to have a good time, and that she and Hunter had already interacted.
“The issues that I see folks make up is really loopy as a result of that’s not what occurred. I simply suppose individuals are discovering each single little factor and making it one thing it’s not. Fowl-brained people are simply accepting what they see on-line.”
