‘Let the man make mistakes’ – Shannon Sharpe verdict after Travis Hunter fiancée fumes following female fans photos
Travis Hunter is very much the man of the hour. Over the weekend, the Colorado Buffaloes two-way star was crowned the Heisman Trophy winner, the highest honor in college football awarded to the best player that season. Hunter won the Heisman Trophy by the narrowest margin since 2009Reuters During Saturday’s ceremony, Hunter’s fiancée, Leanna Lenee, ruffled a few feathers and went viral for all the wrong reasons. Lenee received criticism from fans after footage showed Hunter’s coach, NFL legend Deion Sanders, allegedly having to tell her to stand up when Hunter was announced as the winner. Critics labeled her reaction as ‘disinterested’, and asked why she wasn’t more ‘hyped’ about her partner winning the most illustrious individual honor at the collegiate level. Matters were made worse when, on Sunday, more viral clips appeared to show Lenee getting annoyed with Hunter taking pictures with fans at a Heisman party. Lenee was seen seated just a few feet away from Hunter as he took a picture with a female fan. “What do you want me to do… I’ll just sit here then,” she appeared to say while looking visibly irked. Hunter, who recently signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Adidas, then appears to suggest that she could leave if she felt like it, with the video catching him saying, “You could go to the hotel, you can walk around…” Social media users were furious on behalf of Hunter, with many advising the projected No.1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to dump his significant other. ‘”Nah bro get rid of her,” posted one fan on X. ‘You got to leave that girl fast if she’s bored at the biggest day of his life,’ wrote one of the replies to the video on X. Viral footage showed Sanders having to tell Lenee to stand up for Hunter at the Heisman ceremonyX@FearedBuck Later, she appeared annoyed with Hunter for taking pictures with fansX@NFL_DovKleiman However, three-time Super Bowl winner and First Take regular Shannon Sharpe has fired back at their critics. “Everybody has had a situation where they’ve had a parent tell them, ‘I don’t want you to see that person’,” Sharpe said. “And the more they tell you they don’t want you to see that person [the more you try to go and see them]. “I get it, I get it, you don’t want the man to be taken advantage of. Nobody does… But just protect yourself, protect your wealth down the road. “But y’all don’t dictate anything! Y’all don’t see it?! “Y’all gotta let the man make his mistakes, he’ll figure it out, hopefully sooner than later. “But he loves this woman. This is not an act! The more y’all try to pull them apart the more you drive them closer together. Sharpe went off on their critics, telling them to leave them alone and let Hunter make his own decisions Sharpe added that he ultimately wants what’s best for Hunter, who is a mere months away from signing his rookie NFL contract. “I want the young man to be happy. Stop trying to tell people what to do! “I want Travis Hunter to do the best that he possibly can. I want him to be smart. He’s about to come into more money than he ever dreamed of, and I want to protect himself. “Sometimes you have to bump your own head before you realize how much it hurts.” The couple have been together for two yearsInstagram@db3_tip They are engaged and plan to marry next yearInstagram@db3_tip Hunter and Lenee have known each other since their days at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia. However, Lenee initially ignored Hunter’s Instagram direct messages because ‘he wasn’t wasn’t her type’, revealing that she initially dismissed him as ‘just another athlete.’ She eventually succumbed to Hunter’s charm and they have been together since 2022, with their wedding planned for next year. Hunter has stood by his fiancee amid the negativity and says he can’t wait to marry her as soon he signs his NFL contract. “She might look irritated towards me, but at the same time, there’s a lot of stuff she deal with during the game. There’s a lot of stuff people don’t see off the camera,” Hunter recently said on The Pivot Podcast. “I just let people talk,” he continued. “Me, I’m a big troller so I just troll the internet. I really don’t care what they think or what they say about us so, I just go on there and troll. They talk about her, I post her to make them even more mad than they already are so they try to find something to hate, try to find something to break up on our relationship but ain’t nothing there, ain’t nothing you can find cause I love my woman.’ “She’s my closest to everything, she helped me with everything. It’s kind of hard sometimes but she’s always there.”
Travis Hunter is very much the man of the hour.
Over the weekend, the Colorado Buffaloes two-way star was crowned the Heisman Trophy winner, the highest honor in college football awarded to the best player that season.
During Saturday’s ceremony, Hunter’s fiancée, Leanna Lenee, ruffled a few feathers and went viral for all the wrong reasons.
Lenee received criticism from fans after footage showed Hunter’s coach, NFL legend Deion Sanders, allegedly having to tell her to stand up when Hunter was announced as the winner.
Critics labeled her reaction as ‘disinterested’, and asked why she wasn’t more ‘hyped’ about her partner winning the most illustrious individual honor at the collegiate level.
Matters were made worse when, on Sunday, more viral clips appeared to show Lenee getting annoyed with Hunter taking pictures with fans at a Heisman party.
Lenee was seen seated just a few feet away from Hunter as he took a picture with a female fan. “What do you want me to do… I’ll just sit here then,” she appeared to say while looking visibly irked.
Hunter, who recently signed a lucrative endorsement deal with Adidas, then appears to suggest that she could leave if she felt like it, with the video catching him saying, “You could go to the hotel, you can walk around…”
Social media users were furious on behalf of Hunter, with many advising the projected No.1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft to dump his significant other.
‘”Nah bro get rid of her,” posted one fan on X.
‘You got to leave that girl fast if she’s bored at the biggest day of his life,’ wrote one of the replies to the video on X.
However, three-time Super Bowl winner and First Take regular Shannon Sharpe has fired back at their critics.
“Everybody has had a situation where they’ve had a parent tell them, ‘I don’t want you to see that person’,” Sharpe said.
“And the more they tell you they don’t want you to see that person [the more you try to go and see them].
“I get it, I get it, you don’t want the man to be taken advantage of. Nobody does… But just protect yourself, protect your wealth down the road.
“But y’all don’t dictate anything! Y’all don’t see it?!
“Y’all gotta let the man make his mistakes, he’ll figure it out, hopefully sooner than later.
“But he loves this woman. This is not an act! The more y’all try to pull them apart the more you drive them closer together.
Sharpe added that he ultimately wants what’s best for Hunter, who is a mere months away from signing his rookie NFL contract.
“I want the young man to be happy. Stop trying to tell people what to do!
“I want Travis Hunter to do the best that he possibly can. I want him to be smart. He’s about to come into more money than he ever dreamed of, and I want to protect himself.
“Sometimes you have to bump your own head before you realize how much it hurts.”
Hunter and Lenee have known each other since their days at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia.
However, Lenee initially ignored Hunter’s Instagram direct messages because ‘he wasn’t wasn’t her type’, revealing that she initially dismissed him as ‘just another athlete.’
She eventually succumbed to Hunter’s charm and they have been together since 2022, with their wedding planned for next year.
Hunter has stood by his fiancee amid the negativity and says he can’t wait to marry her as soon he signs his NFL contract.
“She might look irritated towards me, but at the same time, there’s a lot of stuff she deal with during the game. There’s a lot of stuff people don’t see off the camera,” Hunter recently said on The Pivot Podcast.
“I just let people talk,” he continued.
“Me, I’m a big troller so I just troll the internet. I really don’t care what they think or what they say about us so, I just go on there and troll. They talk about her, I post her to make them even more mad than they already are so they try to find something to hate, try to find something to break up on our relationship but ain’t nothing there, ain’t nothing you can find cause I love my woman.’
“She’s my closest to everything, she helped me with everything. It’s kind of hard sometimes but she’s always there.”
