‘I’m a traitor,’ says Jorginho’s girlfriend
THE English girlfriend of Italian footballer Jorginho says she has turned ‘traitor’ and will be supporting her birth country’s opponents in tonight’s final of the Euros.
Catherine Harding posted a photograph of herself on social media draped in Italy’s flag – il Tricolore – and described herself as an ‘English girl supporting Italy’.
She wrote: ‘This house has turned into an Italian supporting house. Don’t say I don’t love you @jorginhofrello. I’ve turned into a traitor for you.’
Her boyfriend, who plays for Chelsea and scored the winning goal in Italy’s semi-final penalty shootout victory over Spain, appeared to appreciate the gesture, replying: ‘Just a little betrayal for a good reason darling.’
Singer-songwriter Harding, who goes by the name Cat Cavelli, has a 10-month-old son Jax with the Italian talisman. She also has a sixyear-old daughter Ada from a previous relationship with the actor Jude Law. Born just 10 miles from Wembley, Ms Harding grew up in Ireland and rose to prominence in last year’s series of the BBC talent show The Voice, reaching the knockout stages.
She quietly began dating Jorginho after he split from Natalia Leteri, his wife of eight years with whom he has two children.
The 29-year-old inherited his sporting prowess from his mother, Maria Tereza Freitas, who was a successful amateur footballer in their native Brazil.
She encouraged his move to Italy at the age of 15, where he ended up living with monks while training in the academy of Hellas Verona. He was eligible for Italian citizenship through his paternal great-great-grandfather.