What Should He Do? Play In World Cup Or Attend Birth Of His First Child
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🗓️ 22 June 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
A French journalist has been suspended for criticizing Belgian soccer star Jeremy Duko who announced he may miss a World Cup game in order to be with his wife when she gives birth to his first child. France Pierron apologized after calling childbirth a “disgusting moment where the dad is useless.” She went on to question Duko’s choice, saying his baby “will always be there.” Doku isn’t the only player having to make tough personal choices while at the World Cup: two other players had babies born during the tournament. Hear what they decided to do when they had to decide whether to play or return home.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. It is Monday, June 22nd, 2026, right? So why in 2026 would anybody be giving a man |
| 0:16.6 | a hard time because he wants to take off work to be there for the birth of his child. |
| 0:23.4 | The problem here and the controversy is that his workplace happens to be the World Cup right now. |
| 0:28.4 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:32.3 | I guess it's a controversy. Should it be? |
| 0:35.8 | I think it's shocking that a comment was made. A lot of people made |
| 0:41.1 | some comments, but a very, some would argue, disrespectful comment was made by a female World |
| 0:48.2 | Cup reporter. She's French. And she took issue with a Belgian player for saying, hey, if Belgium gets so far into the World Cup, I may have to go home because my wife is due in July. |
| 1:07.6 | And it's my first child and I want to be there at the birth. Okay. So we stop |
| 1:12.4 | their robes. And I guess you, people are very passionate about this. Some would say, |
| 1:19.9 | hey, you're committed to the team. This is maybe even once in a lifetime for something. You're |
| 1:24.8 | representing your country. The baby will be there later |
| 1:28.6 | and people are passionate there. But there's the other side to it. Are you kidding me? He wants to be |
| 1:32.6 | there for the birth of his child. End of the discussion. Correct. And so those are the two sides. |
| 1:36.7 | And they are very passionate. Very passionate. This French presenter, her name is France Piero. |
| 1:43.7 | She was actually suspended because of those comments, because of the uproar. |
| 1:48.0 | She made them on Friday during her broadcast. |
| 1:51.0 | And it was a heated exchange there on set. |
| 1:54.0 | And we do have the translation. |
| 1:56.0 | She said it in French, obviously. |
| 1:58.0 | But it was pretty interesting to see the reaction |
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