- Marcelo Montoya and wife reacted to viral social media post
Canterbury Bulldogs winger Marcelo Montoya has set the record straight on a bizarre rumour that surfaced about his recent stint on the sidelines.
The 29-year-old footy star joined his wife Tayla on their podcast to address gossip that he had to have time off because he had been circumcised.
An injury report that was photoshopped to show ‘Circumcision’ as the reason for his absence from the Dogs team was behind the speculation after it went viral on social media.
‘Rumour mill needs to be put to an end,’ said Tayla.
‘Why don’t we get your club doctor up on the phone and hear it from his mouth?’
Montoya then called his doctor and asked him to explain to listeners exactly why he’d been sidelined.
Marcelo Montoya (pictured with wife Tayla) has addressed the bizarre rumour that he had been recently circumcised
The Bulldogs winger had been sidelined with a neck injury that required surgery
‘I want you to clear the space and let everyone know why I’ve been out,’ Montoya said.
The Bulldogs doctor replied: ‘So to clear the air, you’ve been out for a neck injury. And you’ve had neck surgery.
‘We all know you’ve been circumcised already.’
The couple laughed at the joke and Tayla added: ‘And can we clarify that [it’s] the neck on your head, not the neck downstairs.’
The Montoyas’ podcast previously made headlines when Tayla lashed out at mummy vloggers for mistreating their kids to get clout on social media.
She slammed mumfluencers for doing things like prioritising setting up to film their babies when they’re crying instead of attending to the child’s needs.
Montoya was back for the Bulldogs on Friday night for their heart-stopping 20-14 loss to the Storm at AAMI Park.
If the two sides’ positions on the ladder hold over the remaining two rounds, the Bulldogs will return to Melbourne to face the Storm in the qualifying final in week one of the postseason.
Montoya was back for the Bulldogs on Friday night for their thrilling 20-14 loss to the Storm
After some topsy-turvy form, the Bulldogs, who led the competition for 13 consecutive weeks early in the season, showed they are getting back to their best.
Canterbury dominated territory and possession and had six line-breaks to the Storm’s four and skipper Stephen Crichton says it showed they were on level pegging with the other top teams.
‘It will give us confidence coming back if we do end up coming back here and playing the first semi-final here,’ the burly centre said.
‘There’s so many lessons that we can take out of it, but the bright side is we know that we can go up against the top four teams and have a chance of winning and it means as a footy team we can get together and believe that as well.’
The Bulldogs will lock horns with defending champions Penrith on Thursday night.
