#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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This is the twenty-fourth post of Deke Dangle RPF Anon, a community for all your ice hockey anon meme needs.

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Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Why would his beautiful wife be a plus point to him?

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Wasn't she a reality show star/personality? Also, for the same reason that TJ Oshie's wife is a plus to him - beautiful, media savvy, etc. People like beautiful families with adorable children.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, she was, although I don't know how much that is or isn't common knowledge. She's also very generous in sharing photos of her family and from her own daily life (and occasionally even interacting with fans -- she answered a fan's question asking after her hair stylist, lol) and comes across as extremely likable on her public social media.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

Partly because I'm shallow and she takes gorgeous pictures. But I also love her instagram and I wouldn't have known about it if she hadn't been with him.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Mte, yeah she's beautiful and his kid is cute but that has nothing to do with Letang's behavior and it certainly won't make me dislike him less.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

No one's mentioning his family as something that excuses his bad behavior or as a reason you can't dislike him. The question is why he's so popular, and it's not rocket science to understand why fans would be drawn to a player with a nice family who posts their photos all over social media and have cute interactions with other players (also fan favorites) and their families. It fosters personal investment, in the same way that players with a lot of public "personality" do.