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Mary Earps is not trying to 'tear anyone down' with her autobiography

Mary Earps is not trying to 'tear anyone down' with her autobiography

Mary Earps has not written her autobiography to "tear anyone down".

The former England goalkeeper has faced criticism for revealing that tension with team-mate Hannah Hampton and Lionesses coach Sarina Wiegman contributed to her decision to quit international football earlier this year but she feels that reaction to her memoir All In has been "distorted".

Earps told BBC Sport: "It's been really overwhelming to see how some things have been distorted a little bit.

"I've not written this book to tear anyone down in any shape or form. That is not who I am as a person. This is real life. It has consequences. It isn't a drama.

"Women's football has entered into a space that has become a bit like entertainment, so your life gets picked apart for people's amusement sometimes. But it's not amusing, you know?

"I don't think I've thought about what I wanted the reaction to be. I'm not surprised, by what I've seen on my algorithms [on social media], if I had come to the same conclusions as other people if I'm honest. But that's not what I feel I've written.

"I don't think it's a fair reflection and I think it's been taken out of the entirety of the context. I speak about so many different things and it's hard to see only certain things being pulled out and really focused on."

Earps lost her place in the England team to Hampton before Euro 2025 but stressed that there was "not a rapid decline in the relationship" with Wiegman and that she maintains respect for the England boss.

She said: "There were things that happened in the summer that I wish had happened differently, of course. There's an exchange at the end where she says we're like family. I hope the noise of this situation hasn't changed that."

The PSG goalkeeper insists that she has no regrets about the way her England career ended.

Earps explained: "Hindsight is a beautiful thing and I would maybe do things differently with the information I have now, but I don't think I have regrets.

"Regrets are hard because it's outcome-driven. You can be a hero in one person's eyes and a villain in another's.

"If you do things with integrity and the right intentions then I don't think you should have regrets in life, no matter what the outcome is."

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