Jérémy Doku, the Manchester City star and a standout for the Belgian national team, made a decision no one expected to debate: he wants to be with his wife Shireen for the birth of their first child, even if that means leaving the 2026 World Cup for a few days. “It’s my first child, so I definitely want to be there”, he said without hesitation.
The Belgian federation not only understood it — it officially supported him and organized all the logistics so Doku could rejoin the team. But the French host France Pierron, from the show ‘L’Équipe de choc’, saw it differently. And she said it bluntly: she called childbirth a “disgusting moment”, claimed that the father “is useless” at that moment, and topped it off with sarcasm: “Will she hold it against you for not having cut the umbilical cord?”
The response on social media was immediate and devastating. The star, who played 86 minutes as a starter against Egypt, became a symbol of present fatherhood, while Pierron found herself at the center of a storm that swept across Belgium, France, and the entire world. 👶🔥