Everything To Know About Sasha Attwood, Jack Grealish’s Girlfriend

Footballer/heartthrob/king of calves Jack Grealish has announced a pretty major life update - and no, he's not cut his hair. The Manchester City star has announced he has become a dad for the first time, as he welcomed his baby daughter Mila with long-term girlfriend Sasha Attwood.

Sasha, who is childhood sweethearts with the Brummie athlete, announced their baby joy with a snap of her daughter's hand wrapped around her finger. The 28-year-old shared that their baby's full name was Mila Rose Grealish, and that she'd been born on 27 September. 'The most special moment of my life,' Sasha wrote, while England player Jack reshared the black and white snap with Mila's date of birth.

In the comment sections beneath both Sasha and Jack's posts, the pair were flooded with support. 'Congrats to you both brother,' wrote Arsenal's Alex Zinchenko, while Declan Rice and Marcus Rashford both commented heart emojis.

Sasha's announcement was also a place of positivity. When she announced her pregnancy, Sasha chose to keep the comments turned off, having been open in the past about the horrific trolling she has received.

But who is the model and influencer who's made Jack a dad – and is she related to Olivia Attwood? Here's everything you need to know about Sasha Attwood.

Who is Sasha Attwood?

Sasha, aged 28, goes by Sasha Rebecca on Instagram. The star was reportedly scouted by a modelling agent while on a shopping trip with her mum at just 13 years old. Now, she works as both a model and an influencer, having worked for brands including Boohoo and GHD. When she's not busy cheering Jack on from the sidelines, she also has a YouTube channel.

How long have Jack Grealish and Sasha Attwood been dating?

Both Jack and Sasha have kept their relationship private since they met aged 16, with the childhood sweethearts having been together for over 10 years.

Despite Jack’s growing stardom in English football, the couple initially managed to maintain some level of secrecy when it came to their relationship. However, that all changed when every teenage girl – and plenty of grown woman too – fell in love with Jack during his Euros 2020 tournament.

Is Sasha Attwood related to Olivia Attwood?

They might share a surname, but Love Island star and So Wrong It's Right podcaster Olivia Attwood is not Sasha's sister, or related to her at all. In fact, the two Attwoods don't even follow each other on Instagram. So now you know!

What has Sasha Attwood said about trolling?

The model boasted a modest social media following already, but her boyfriend's fame during the 2020 Euros opened her up to a mass audience unlike ever before. She currently has more than 300,000 Instagram followers, but found that many of her new audience at the time apparently hated her simply by virtue of dating a man they had seen kick a ball a few times.

‘Let’s just address the elephant in the room, as that’s probably why the majority of you are here,’ Sasha said in a YouTube video. ‘Yes, I have a boyfriend and yes you know who it is… It’s really not interesting, I keep things private off social media on all my open accounts because people are mean… It’s not been a secret at all, it’s just something I’ve not posted about.’

While she didn’t delve into their relationship, she did explain exactly why she chooses not to – and judging by the death threats she received as soon as fans of Jack found her, she was right to.

‘I never in a million years thought it would be this bad,’ she explained at the time. ‘I was receiving 200 death threats a day [during the Euros], so many messages every single day and I still get them now all day every day. [Things like:] “I hope you die, I hope you get cancer and die, I hope your whole family dies, I hope the next time you’re in the car you crash it and die, I hope after Wembley you die.” It’s just crazy. The nasty messages about my appearances, the way that I am. What are you all doing? It’s so embarrassing.’

‘The scary thing is it’s young girls,’ Sasha continued. ‘I go on their accounts and they’re literally 13/14. I try and put it down to age but I was never like that at that age, I just think social media is so toxic and it’s really sad that these generations are growing up thinking it’s okay to say something like that.'

What is Sasha Attwood's YouTube?

You can watch Sasha's entire YouTube video above, but what’s telling about her video isn’t just the impact of trolling itself, but the reaction to her admission that it had been mostly young girls sending the abuse. Or, as one commenter boldly put it, ‘Most abuse online directed at women is from other women.'

Of course, this statement is not based on any factual evidence at all. And while it’s important to understand what would drive any teenage girl to send death threats online, it does not serve women to dismiss online abuse as ‘toxic femininity’. In fact, male violence flourishes against women online - with cyberstalking and explicit messages and photos all most commonly perpetrated by men.

According to a survey by Plan International, the most common type of online harm against women and girls is abusive and insulting language, followed by deliberate embarrassment and then threats of sexual violence. Another study by Amnesty International UK also found that one in five women have suffered online abuse or harassment, with almost half receiving sexist or misogynistic abuse and 27% threats of sexual or physical assault.

‘Violence has flourished to the point where for many girls, abuse is a day-to-day reality,’ chief executive of Plan International, Susanne Legena told The Guardian last year. ‘When you consider the shockingly high number of girls worldwide are subject to abuse every time they participate in discussions online, in addition to being hassled and harassed on the street when they step outside their homes, and that harassment is a form of violence, there is no space – virtual or other – where girls are safe and free from violence.'

‘As a result, girls are reporting long term mental health problems and in many cases, are opting out of expressing themselves and their opinions for fear of retribution, and sometimes removing themselves from these platforms altogether.’

Caitlin McGrane, the leader of the enhancing online safety for women project at Gender Equity Victoria, supported the research, stating that is it vital we teach ‘young people, especially young men, about respectful, appropriate communication.’

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