Travis Hunter has spoken out in regards to the criticism his fiancée obtained following his Heisman Trophy win.

The College of Colorado Boulder cornerback obtained the Heisman Trophy on Saturday (December 14). Whereas the highest participant in faculty soccer was taking images with followers and members of the family at an occasion over the weekend, his fiancée Leanna Lenee was seen sitting on a sofa.

In images and movies posted from the occasion, Lenee seemingly appeared to inform Hunter: “Am I supposed to simply sit right here all day?”

Throughout social media, some customers claimed that Hunter and Lenee had been having a “heated dialogue” and made feedback about Lenee’s supposed lack of assist for Hunter. Others inspired the faculty soccer participant to reevaluate their relationship if she wasn’t going to be actively celebrating his success.

The cornerback went on to deal with the detrimental feedback throughout a livestream on Twitch on Sunday (December 15). In the course of the livestream, he defined that Lenee ended up crying herself to sleep over the feedback from critics.

“She’s nonetheless sleeping,” Hunter stated on Twitch. “You realize, once you’re harm however you simply cry your self to sleep? She drunk an OD quantity tonight for no purpose.”

“It’s exhausting on me as a result of I can’t even assist her,” he added.

The faculty soccer participant continued to elucidate how the incident has affected him, noting that he feels the identical method as his fiancée.

“Y’all hate on me after which y’all go and hate on my woman,” Hunter stated. “Bro, I really feel the identical factor that she feels. We’re inseparable, bro. We’re with one another. If she’s hurting, in fact I’m going to be hurting. If I’m hurting, in fact she’s going to be hurting.”

He went on to query why folks had been even specializing in his relationship as an alternative of their very own private lives.

“You ain’t by no means had no woman, so why y’all speaking ‘bout me?” Hunter instructed followers on Twitch. “Discover one thing else to speak about. You’re speaking about my woman? Go discuss your woman. Go discover a woman. Go discover a life.”

He continued: “I do know what I bought. I do know my woman. My woman been with me for 5 years. Y’all are simply now beginning to discuss me.”

As for his or her dialog on the occasion, Hunter clarified that he and his fiancée had been truly speaking about members of his household. “A few of them wished to return to the resort, a few of them didn’t,” he stated.

The livestream ended as he instructed all of his listeners to ship Lenee optimistic messages on social media to hopefully make her really feel higher.

“I might relatively all y’all depart proper now and go ship her textual content messages so when she wakes up within the morning, she will get on her telephone [and it’s] nothing however positivity,” he stated. “Nothing however optimistic power.”

Hunter and Lenee revealed their engagement in February after first going public with their relationship in 2022. He even thanked her in his acceptance speech for the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded yearly to the highest participant in faculty soccer.

“I by no means thought I’d be on this place,” Hunter stated. “It’s loopy. Your perception will take you a great distance. It’s truly loopy, man. Thanks, thanks, thanks. First, I need to thank my fiancée and my mom. They’ve been with me because the first time I had surgical procedure my first 12 months of school.”

“They by no means took a step away from me,” he added. “All of the exhausting hours. All of the exhausting days. All of the occasions I didn’t need to get up and even get on my telephone, take a look at soccer, y’all stayed with me. I’m very grateful for y’all.”