Gary Neville was the target of some serious abuse from a member of the public and his sister Tracey Neville has now responded on social media to the viral video
11:43, 21 Apr 2026Updated 11:59, 21 Apr 2026
Neville was out walking when the incident happened(Image: X)
Tracey Neville has slammed the ‘truly scary’ moment brother Gary was subject of vile abuse in the street. The former Manchester United defender was featured in a video earlier this week that saw a member of the public verbally abuse him while he was out walking.
The video, that has been seen over 2.5million times and liked 23,000 times on social media platform X, shows Neville being approached by an individual in broad daylight.
The man, who is filming, is heard saying: “Is that Gary Neville? W*****,” to which Neville replies “you what?”.
The man then continues his tirade of abuse by saying: “W*****, w*****”. That’s what you are. F****** w*****. Listen, I’m filming you because you’re a f****** w*****. You’ve got f*** all to know about the working class man, you have. Hey, even your own fans have turned against you because you’re a f****** p****.”
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The video has a caption reading: “Gary Neville getting called a f****** w***** is not what I expected to see on a Monday morning, but it is delightful.”
Neville’s sister Tracey is among those to have replied and wrote: “Situations like these are truly scary and I can assure you they are not delightful.”
Former footballer John Hartson also responded. He wrote in reply: “What does this moron think he is achieving. Gary with one of his family and some t** is abusing him in public. if you feel like you want to abuse people gone do it in front of your tv screen not in public. Not very clever!”
Gary Neville was abused by a member of the public(Image: X)
Neville, 51, has yet to publicly respond to the video himself. The former United star was in action for Sky Sports at the weekend after featuring on commentary for Manchester City’s potentially pivotal victory against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium.
The former England defender is not the first Sky Sports employee to have been involved in a spat with a member of the public this week. Colleague Jamie Carragher was also abused by Everton fans ahead of Liverpool’s Merseyside derby victory at Hill Dickinson Stadium over the weekend.
Some home fans were heard saying: “F*** off Carra, you soft c***” before then screaming “F*** off you k***head”.
Carragher could be seen responding to the tirade and got involved in a brief exchange. He decided to ignore the rest of the comments and continue his walk around the pitch.
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