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 photographs with followers and relations at an occasion over the weekend, his fiancée Leanna Lenee was seen sitting on a sofa.

In photographs and movies posted from the occasion, Lenee seemingly appeared to inform Hunter: “Am I supposed to only 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 help for Hunter. Others inspired the school soccer participant to reevaluate their relationship if she wasn’t going to be actively celebrating his success.

The cornerback went on to handle the destructive feedback throughout a livestream on Twitch on Sunday (December 15). Through the livestream, he defined that Lenee ended up crying herself to sleep over the feedback from critics.

“She’s nonetheless sleeping,” Hunter mentioned on Twitch. “, whenever 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 school soccer participant continued to elucidate how the incident has affected him, noting that he feels the identical approach as his fiancée.

“Y’all hate on me after which y’all go and hate on my lady,” Hunter mentioned. “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 individuals had been even specializing in his relationship as an alternative of their very own private lives.

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

He continued: “I do know what I obtained. I do know my lady. My lady 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 mentioned.

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’d fairly all y’all go away proper now and go ship her textual content messages so when she wakes up within the morning, she will get on her cellphone [and it’s] nothing however positivity,” he mentioned. “Nothing however optimistic vitality.”

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 mentioned. “It’s loopy. Your perception will take you a good distance. It’s truly loopy, man. Thanks, thanks, thanks. First, I wish to thank my fiancée and my mom. They’ve been with me because the first time I had surgical procedure my first yr of faculty.”

“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 wish to get up and even get on my cellphone, take a look at soccer, y’all stayed with me. I’m very grateful for y’all.”