Ruben van Gucht in hot water: Hotel broadcast foot fiasco
Sports journalist Ruben Van Gucht decided to make a broadcast connection with the TV station from his hotel room. It turned awkward when he tried to cover a woman's feet lying on the bed with a cup, sparking speculation.
2:31 PM EDT, June 25, 2024
Ruben Van Gucht is 37 years old and recently boasted on Instagram that he is covering the sixth major football tournament in his career. He started in Brazil in 2014 and attended the World Cups in Russia and Qatar. This year's Euro 2024 marks the third European championship of his career.
The Belgian hosts the studio broadcast and also interviews players after matches. He usually chooses viewer-friendly locations but recently appeared on air directly from his hotel room, leading to a strange scene.
The broadcast showed women's feet that did not belong to the journalist's wife. His wife, Blanka Vlasić, needs no introduction as she is one of the most recognizable athletes of this century, specializing in the high jump. Ruben Van Gucht tried to hide the feet using a cup.
A flurry of speculation began because neither Ruben Van Gucht nor Blanka Vlasić commented immediately on the incident. For some viewers, it was a trivial provocation. Others viewed the women's feet and the journalist's reaction as evidence of infidelity. The Balkan media are buzzing with speculation about who the Belgian might be having an affair with.
"Blanka Vlasić found out from a live show that her husband is cheating on her. The region is buzzing after one of the scenes. A shocking photo from the hotel outraged the public," reported Serbian portal kurir.rs. It took just a moment of inattention from the experienced journalist to spark an absolute scandal.
Blanka Vlasić is the Belgian's second wife. The couple married in 2022. Previously, the journalist married Laurence Van Tongerloo, and their marriage lasted from 2014 to 2021. His current wife is three years older than him, and they met during a sporting event.
