Mo Farah isn’t who he says he is

[SnottyLottie]

news.sky.com/story/sir-mo-farah-reveals-the-truth-about-how-he-came-to-the-uk-12650126

My mind is actual blown after reading that. Poor man to have to go through such an ordeal. I wonder what ever happened to the real Mohammad Farah? ☹️

Hope this doesn’t effect his citizenship or anything.

but if you have that feeling that someone isn't being honest with you it does put up a barrier.

Why the actual FUCK do you think Mo Farah (or anyone else in the public eye for that matter) owes 'you' an explanation into their background?

Are you familiar with the concept of 'personal information', 'private life', and indeed, 'none of your business' ??

UK is not perfect so would you be ok if your 9 year old was abducted to go and work for a family that didn't love and care about him in say, Finland because it is economically better?! The fact that he has been successful doesn't mean he bares no scars of being cut off from his family so young.

They absolutely did not say that! They meant he was lucky to go to school and be noticed of his living arrangements when there are thousands of children who are/have been trafficked and most don't go to school. They are all under the rug and no one knows they even exist! People knew he existed because he was sent to school and was able to get the help he needed.

What a disgusting post.
Both of you.

Some posters need to have a word with themselves

if mo was a woman who had been trafficked for sex there would be tons of sympathy on here

but here is an innocent, vulnerable 8 year old whose story came to light 30 years ago to his teachers - just not the public until now - yet there are honestly vile posters saying they never trusted him?!

so would you not trust an innocent child being trafficked as a slave - is your instinct not to protect innocents

have an absolute word with yourselves you absolute vile idiots

Exactly. Mo is an abused child. Abused children grow up. Those who don't believe him... ask update why, though I can take a guess.

Some of these posts are absolutely disgusting. I don't understand how anyone couldn't be moved to tears. Amazing that he succeeded in such awful circumstances and well done to the teachers involved.

I’ve learnt a lot from Mumsnet. That they walk amongst us. That there are cunts so lacking in empathy and so mired in their racism that they cannot recognise a trafficked child as a victim.

It’s enormously brave of Mo. He didn’t need to speak publicly but it’s really powerful that he has and it will help people to understand some complex issues.* So much respect and love for the man that he is.

*Except people who are cunts lacking in empathy and mired in their own racism

I'm extremely glad that Sir Mo is a very good runner, because the horror that is Priti Patel would be after him if a) she thought she could get away with it and b) she thought she could catch him.

I always thought that there was an internal sadness and vulnerability to Sir Mo, and now I know why. This makes perfect sense.

As teachers have testified, there are many other children and young people in Sir Mo's position. I hope that his speaking out will help them and will also give Sir Mo internal peace.

You need to read the tone - that’s not what the poster meant at all.

I cannot get over the hate here! Reading this story and realising the weight the poor guy had been carrying for so long brought me to tears this morning. Why on earth would anyone think he had any kind of agenda beyond raising awareness that there are children being exploited. He’s literally only got stuff to lose at this stage, he’s been incredibly brave.

Again, read the tone. I read this as the poster questioning how fair the UK rules are when a child caught up in conflict but not personally targeted cannot be considered a refugee, but has to adopt migrant status. It’s not a criticism of him, but of the system.

if mo was a woman who had been trafficked for sex there would be tons of sympathy on here

I wouldn't count on it.

Sir Mo has just gone up even further in my estimation. To be the person that he is and to have achieved all that he has, having gone through what he did as a child and carrying that with him since.

I hope that Sir Mo has chosen freely to speak out to share his story and has not been forced to by someone or a section of the media threatening to do it for him.

Perhaps they did find out and it was brushed under the carpet. And maybe it’s knowing people had found out that led Mo to eventually being able to tell his story.

No, it wasn’t bullshit. At the time he came to fame, he obviously wasn’t ready to tell the whole world the true circumstances, so he went with something he felt more comfortable with. He had his reasons, which are none of your, or anybody elses’ business. The real bullshit is attitudes like yours.

With all due respect, if they don't want the public to discuss, then why come out with their history.?.

Obviously I wish mo,. All the best, his achievements are holy smokes. Certainly better than I could achieve with his Olympic skills.

Maybe those who say they perceived something as ‘off’ were just picking up on the effect his past experience has had on him. I can’t imagine that what he’s experienced in his lifetime hasn’t affected his demeanour - especially if he’s had it bottled up for all this time and felt as though he couldn’t share it. I always thought there was a sadness about him, and this revelation would explain that. To frame it as something off or dishonest is very judgemental, and not a little racist.

Well I hope MF is elevated to the House of Lords after this and gets a vote on government immigration and asylum policies. Hes much more deserving than the latest lot of Tory cronies and donors Johnson put in there.

That Sir Mo Farah survived & overcame being a trafficked child & a domestic slave to become the man he is today has only increased my admiration for him.
#stopmodernslavery

Absolute nonsense.

And I cant get my head around how they thought there was sometghing "off" - would they say that about a female abusive victim?! he was a bloody child!

Agreed

What are you doing when you aren't telling the truth? You are lying or making it up or spouting bullshit.

He may well have felt unable to talk about it but he still lied didn't he. He says that himself.

There is no need to be so defensive about it, he says he's tired of living a lie so he's come out with the true story. Pretending it is anything else is a bit odd.

Oh God I'd better tell my black husband I'm racist. How will my mixed race kids take it?

Of course his previous experiences of his keeping up the charade was what made him seem off to me, I didn't know what it was so it wasn't being judgemental of anything that happened to him, it was just how he came across to me. I suppose you could say he didn't seem genuine or comfortable with it which is how most honest people would feel if they were in that position so the fact he wasn't happy with it is being positive about him.

The thing that is interesting is that people feel that sensing that is somehow negative about him when it is actually the situation he was in. I'm sure he will be more comfortable and much happier now it is out. It must be very hard to live with that and that is without the trauma behind it. If you read about people in witness protection, people who are innocent of anything and who have bravely done the right thing, they say it is hard to live with and sometimes they choose to face the danger rather than continue in safety. So it isn't judging them it actually understanding how hard that is.

Why come out with his history now? Because he felt like it would be reason enough, but it could be a number of things, amongst which:

• He had no choice. It's very often the case that someone in the public eye has to announce something about themselves before it's broken in the gutter press. Even if no one knew just yet, someone may have uncovered it in the future and made money from it, or embarrassed or blackmailed him.

*He feels increasingly uncomfortable about maintaining a cover story. Some years ago he may have been hoping to be a moderately successful sportsman so his cover story was adequate; he didn't have to talk much about himself. But then he was super successful and received a knighthood, so has far more attention on him and the alternative history is more difficult to maintain.

• It feels good to have things out in the open doesn't it? Perhaps some part of addressing his past and its lasting effects on him was to come clean about it and face it. Perhaps a therapist advised it.

*He just plain felt like it or wanted the attention. Normal famous person stuff.