Aussie cricket star reveals heartbreak after splitting with her wife – and shares a classy message about the young daughter they share
Aussie cricket star Megan Schutt has confirmed her separation from wife Jess Holyoake – but also declared ‘there is no one she would rather co-parent with’.
The couple married in 2019 and will now share their daughter, Rylee.
A heartbroken Schutt, 32, took to Instagram to state she and Holyoake ‘have decided to end our relationship’ following ‘an action-packed 10 years together’.
Anything but bitter, the decorated quick also pledged to maintain a ‘happy and healthy relationship’ with Holyoake, ‘just not a romantic one’.
Schutt has enjoyed a phenomenal career following her debut for Australia in 2012.
She is the leading wicket-taker in women’s T20Is and has also snared the most scalps in T20 World Cups.
Aussie cricket star Megan Schutt (left) has confirmed her separation from wife Jess Holyoake (pictured together) – but also declared ‘there is no one she would rather co-parent with’
Anything but bitter, decorated quick Megan Schutt also pledged to maintain a ‘happy and healthy relationship, just not a romantic one’ with her former love
The couple married in 2019 and will now share a daughter, Rylee (pictured together)
The Adelaide raised star, affectionately known as ‘Shooter’ is a medium-pace bowler who attacks the stumps, often with the new ball.
Off the field, Schutt has constantly advocated for gay rights – and hasn’t hesitated to call out trolls online.
‘Sometimes I don’t/can’t shrug it (online gay hate) off; they are just hard days,’ she previously told Daily Mail Australia.
‘But I try to remember sometimes that a lot of people either haven’t had any experiences with gay/minority groups so haven’t had their thoughts challenged (which most don’t like) – or have never been able to empathise/show feelings.
‘Most people fear what they don’t understand and some just can’t fathom sexuality – they can’t fathom someone being different from them.
‘(But) when it is just instances of vile hate – that’s when I know they are a person beyond repair.’
What Schutt won’t tolerate is some individuals – often supposed cricket fans -linking homosexuality to paedophilia.
‘They can say things like, “You’ve been coerced because your teammates are same sex”. Coercion – everyone in cricket is gay, that is why you’re gay,’ she previously told NewsCorp.
‘That comes back to thinking that gay is a choice. Which, obviously, it is not.
‘The coercion one used to p**s me off the most, because it is also implying lesbians are predators and that we are just out there to turn all these straight young girls gay.
‘That one infuriates me because that goes down to some really deep roots in thinking (all) homosexuals are paedophiles.’
