Travis Hunter’s fiancee Leanna Lenee has spoken out following criticism on social media.
In a TikTok video uploaded on Monday, December 16, Lenee addressed the negative remarks she received about their relationship online after previously stating that the college football star was not her type.
Lenee, who said Hunter gave her “permission” to respond to the backlash, explained that he DMed her before they started dating. However, she did not answer for two months.
Although some speculated that she ignored him until she found out he was an all-star athlete, she explained: “That’s not true at all. The real reason [is] because he DMed me when he had a girlfriend.”
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She added that Hunter’s then-girlfriend’s name was in his social media bio at the time, so Lenee knew he was in a relationship.
“I left the message and he was sitting there until he was single. I don’t break houses, I’m not a sidekick, I don’t stand for any of that. I support women, so I would never do that to another woman because I would never want to to be done to me.”
The influencer clarified to her 365,000 followers that when she previously said Hunter wasn’t her type, “I didn’t mean attraction.”
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“I don’t have a physical type. Period,” she continued. “There are no two men I’ve dated before that don’t look the same,” revealing that her exes have included white, Hispanic and black men.
She added that appearance “or what they can give me” is not important. Instead, she looks at “who they are as a person. How they respect God and how they treat the people around them.”
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Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee.
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“So when I said he wasn’t my type, I meant because he was younger than me. I’ve never dated anyone younger than me, and he cheated on his girlfriend. I don’t know if your guy is a cheater, but mine isn’t So no , he wasn’t my type at first because of those two things.”
Still, she said she eventually gave Hunter a chance because he was “attracted to her.” As she got to know him, she learned “he is truly a phenomenal and wonderful human being. And that is why we are still together today.”
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Earlier Monday, the Heisman winner defended Lenee from critics, saying in part, “I know what I got. I know my girlfriend. My girlfriend’s been with me for five years. You’re just starting to talk about me and you’re just starting to be with me, man. ”
He later added: “You all hate me, and then you’ll all hate my girlfriend. I feel the same pain as she does. We are inseparable [sic]we are with each other. If it hurts her, of course it will hurt me.”
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