{"id":297770,"date":"2023-11-28T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297770"},"modified":"2023-11-28T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:24:08","slug":"ian-garrys-wife-hits-back-at-criticism-for-writing-how-to-be-a-wag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/ian-garrys-wife-hits-back-at-criticism-for-writing-how-to-be-a-wag\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Garry&apos;s wife hits back at criticism for writing &apos;How to be a WAG&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ian Garry&#8217;s wife hits back at criticism for writing &#8216;How to be a WAG&#8217; book before marrying the UFC star &#8211; and debunks rumours that her ex-husband still lives with the married couple<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ian Garry&#8217;s wife,\u00a0Layla Anna-Lee, received criticism for a book written in 2010\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She has since responded to the backlash and debunked other online rumours\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fury sharing the love with our Charlotte, but what did he say? Listen to The Hook<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ian Garry&#8217;s wife has responded to online backlash that she received for writing a book on how to date athletes over a decade ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The UFC star and his partner, Layla Anna-Lee, have been the centre of debate in the MMA world in the past week, after online users brought up\u00a0&#8216;How to Be a WAG&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Many suggested that Anna-Lee&#8217;s &#8216;book&#8217; was essentially a guide for gold diggers and also pointed out the fact that the 40-year-old is 14 years Garry&#8217;s senior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Anna-Lee, who works as a TV sports presenter, took to Instagram to respond to the backlash in a fiery statement last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking to her Instagram\u00a0story, she said: &#8216;I wrote a book called &#8216;How to be a WAG&#8217;. Now, that statement itself is a little bit of a stretch. I can hardly call myself an author of an 11-page audible-only satire story that was written in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78317597-12799331-image-a-5_1701167556351.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78317599-12799331-image-m-4_1701167551486.jpg\" height=\"514\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Layla Anna-Lee took to Instagram to respond to backlash over a book written in 2010<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78317595-12799331-image-a-6_1701167567375.jpg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anna-Lee, 40, has been married to UFC star Ian Garry since February last year<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78317765-12799331-image-a-8_1701167940814.jpg\" height=\"970\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Anna-Lee drew criticism after her book titled &#8216;How to be a WAG&#8217; re-surfaced on social media<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That context is key because that was during the FIFA World Cup when I was working at OK and various different gossip mags. We were creating this hilarious satire and look at wives and girlfriends in football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That satirical book, if you listen to it, is really silly and anybody who takes it as fact has completely missed the mark.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At the time, it was a huge success. It went out, it was funny, and people got the joke.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On Amazon, the description for the book reads: &#8216;How to be a WAG &#8211; the ultimate guide to catching the man of your dreams!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The hot new career option is to be a WAG, and we&#8217;re here to tell you how to become part of the most prestigious Wives and Girlfriends (WAGs) club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ever dreamed of walking in the footsteps of the likes of Victoria Beckham, Cheryl Cole, or Coleen Rooney?\u00a0This guide has everything you need to know!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In the Instagram post, Anna-Lee also, sarcastically, said: &#8216;Looking at the hate and the majority of the clips and the comments that I&#8217;m getting, without a doubt, the biggest thing I&#8217;ve done wrong is age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve got older, and I have birthdays every year, and that&#8217;s f****** disgusting coming from a woman, especially. Getting older is not acceptable. I f***** up there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rumours were also circulating online that suggested that Anna-Lee&#8217;s ex-husband Richard Cullen, who also works as Garry&#8217;s nutritionist, still lived with the couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Anna-Lee also addressed that rumour and quickly debunked it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Some bulls*** things that people have been saying [is] that my ex-husband lives with us. No he doesn&#8217;t! And no he never has. You&#8217;re just making that up&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78317591-12799331-image-a-7_1701167850920.jpg\" height=\"792\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Garry and Anna-Lee regularly share pictures of their travels onto social media<\/p>\n<p>Anna-Lee and Cullen got married in 2014 but splitting up shortly afterwards. She then married Garry in February 2022 before having a child in October.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing debates and rumours led to UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland urging Garry to leave Anna-Lee, before sharing pictures of a heated conversation with the Irishman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Strickland took to Instagram with the video, Garry sent him a direct message urging him to &#8216;take it down&#8217; and suggested he was &#8216;spreading hate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland fired back at Garry, telling him to &#8216;sue me&#8217;, before later sharing the heated encounter on his Instagram story.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.636.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12799331\/Ian-Garrys-wife-hits-criticism-writing-WAG-book-marrying-UFC-star-debunks-rumours-ex-husband-lives-married-couple.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Garry&#8217;s wife hits back at criticism for writing &#8216;How to be a WAG&#8217; 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