Budge: I won’t talk to hateful web trolls
HEARTS owner Ann Budge insists she’ll never listen to the vile online trolls who want to “smash her face in” and “dance on her grave”.
The Jambos chief clarified what she meant by her “genuine supporter” remark and insisted it was
FROM BACK PAGE aimed at those who’ve sent “hate mail” and “personal threats”.
Some took exception to the wording when she gave Craig Levein a vote of confidence in a statement on Monday.
But in an email reply to one supporter, Budge insists she was referring to fans who have overstepped the mark.
She said: “I’ve no desire to communicate in any way with those who post such messages as ‘Hang Ann Budge, let’s hope her face gets smashed, can’t wait to dance on her grave’, etc, etc.
“Such comments do not, reflect the genuine passion I know is felt by what I refer to as genuine Hearts supporters.”
Meanwhile, Levein revealed he’s had calls from agents recommending candidates for his own job – because they don’t know he is also the Hearts manager.
He said: “They phone me as director of football and that’s been happening for a year or something like that.”