TikTok star Scott O’Halloran reveals he had a secret relationship with AFL player

TikTok star Scott O’Halloran has revealed he was in a secret relationship with a former AFL player when the pair “were both in the closet”.

The social media sensation opened up about his former romance saying the lovers dated for several years before the relationship ended due to “toxicity and homophobia”.

“I had a relationship that lasted about three to four years with an AFL football player, who no longer plays AFL,” he said on his podcast Luke and Sassy Scott this week.

“I think I loved him. I don’t know if he loved me. We enjoyed one another’s company and confided so much in one another when we were both in the closet.”

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The Melbourne comedian described the past relationship as “beautiful” but admitted they were scared about going public due to homophobia within the AFL environment.

“But then there was this other side where we could scratch the surface of him being an AFL football player and a legend of the game and how scared he was to ever be found out for who he was, because of the homophobia in the game,” he said.

“The toxicity and homophobia is what ended our relationship. It was too much pressure on him. It was too much pressure on me.”

O’Halloran’s revelation comes after he recently called out the national league for not doing enough to cut out homophobia following Port Adelaide star Jeremy Finlayson’s shocking slur against an Essendon player.

He also brought up the case of North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson, who was fined $20,000 and given a suspended two-match ban for using a lewd comment in a heated exchange with two St Kilda players during preseason.

“The AFL have a huge problem on their hand and they are the ones to blame,” he said.

“Alastair Clarkson, a coach in the AFL, used a homophobic slur and all he got was a small fine in comparison to the man’s salary, and he has clearly not deterred the player, Jeremy Finlayson, to use a homophobic slur out on the field.

“I am asking the AFL to reconsider Alastair Clarkson’s punishment and to take this into consideration when it comes to Jeremy Finlayson, because in any other organisation in Australia you would immediately lose your role for speaking to a colleague like this.

“The toll on our mental health for our community outweighs these small fines.

“AFL, you are supposed to be a leader.

“There has never been a gay AFL player that has come out of the closet and I wonder why. It comes from the top down.”

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