News about Taylor Ward

Samantha Tarkowski, one of the stars of "Married To The Game" on Amazon Prime, has so many myths about being the wife of a footballer." "I think most people believe that we just lounge around and live off our husbands' money, which isn't necessarily true." The 32-year-old has been married to Everton center-back and England National team player James Tarkowski for nine years, and she is consistently confronted with negative stereotypes. "I've never intended to live off a man or be funded by a man," she tells POPSUGAR on a Zoom video call from her home in Liverpool. "I've always wanted to pay my own way, and that's how I was raised." However, these stereotypes have been deeply embedded in British media for years. The wives and girlfriends of premiership footballers were ubiquitous in pop culture in the mid-2000s, from Victoria Beckham to Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney. The paparazzi were fueled by their every move, photographing their oversized sunglasses, shopping sprees, multiple-page wedding spreads, and more. The tabloids' obsession with these women was glossed over in the public interest, but the tabloids' coverage was actually deeply embedded in sexism. Women were primarily misogynistic to be based on their partners' fame rather than their own accomplishments.