Sydney Warner, the wife of 49ers outside linebacker Fred Warner, isn’t planning on attending another game at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field anytime soon.
A former contestant on season 24 of “The Bachelor,” when she was known as Sydney Hightower before marrying Warner in June 2022, she detailed her heartbreaking experience at the NFC Championship in a TikTok. It was a situation where “I just didn’t feel very safe,” she said.
“I guess you could just call me a wimp, but I couldn’t handle the fans,” Sydney said.
Sydney, who has 45,800 followers on TikTok, detailed the heckling she endured and saw others receive throughout the game, even at one point hearing someone say he was hoping his “plane crashes”. Her husband told her not to wear red to the game, she said, so she had to hide her red bag under her jacket.
The plan worked until a ‘drunk’ Eagles fan, she said, spotted him near a concession stand and ‘grabbed me in the face’ until Another Philadelphia fan chimes in.
“It all feels like bullying, so I’m doing my best not to let it get to me,” Sydney said. “Just like standing still and just walking around and letting them throw stuff at you and say all the things and just like getting where you’re going. Just like blocking it.
The scary situation continued after the game, Sydney said. She wanted to leave early because of the “riots” the Eagles fans had started, she said, but as she was in a tunnel on her way out of the stadium, she was surrounded by supporters who told her, and others, to “go home”.
“Listen, I’m passionate about passion, but never again,” Sydney captioned this segment of her TikTok “GRWM, LETS CATCH UP.”
The Warners got engaged in May 2021 and wed 13 months later.
The 49ers lost to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game, 31-7, after Brock Purdy left the game injured and then had to return – despite not being able to throw the ball down the field – after the fourth-string quarterback Josh Johnson suffered a concussion. Purdy completely tore his ulnar collateral ligament, NFL Network reported Monday, and faces a six-month recovery period.
Warner has recorded 23 combined tackles in the 2022 playoffs, including two tackles for loss, and even recorded an interception. He earned his second career first-team AP All-Pro selection during the regular season.