I don’t like this. Ibra doesn’t have an obligation to do this IMO. Hate Ibra but still. I find this unnecessary? No point stirring drama on this, at least for now. For all we know he might have shared his condolences to the relevant parties in private
I agree. I think Vitiello is way off. Criticising someone over something we simply cannot know feels more like clickbait than journalism.
Since when has grief been measured by Instagram posts? None of us knows whether Zlatan reached out privately to Baresi's family or to the club. Public silence doesn't automatically mean personal indifference.
Whenever I've lost someone who meant a lot to me, I've never felt the need to tell the world. Quite the opposite. Those moments felt deeply personal. My way of saying goodbye was for that person, not for everyone else to witness.
Maybe that's why I've never understood this expectation that every loss has to be accompanied by a public post. If anything, I've always been a little uncomfortable with how social media can turn even grief into a form of self-expression or, at times, even self-presentation. Whether that's the intention or not is impossible to know, which is exactly why I don't judge people who do post.
By the same token, I don't think anyone should be judged for choosing not to. Grief isn't a performance, and respect isn't measured by what appears on Instagram. We have no idea what happened behind closed doors, and we shouldn't pretend we do.
