Anthony Hopkins England shirt World Cup post split opinion before last night’s World Cup game, with the Welsh actor sharing a photograph of himself in England colors. The image drew a fast reaction because he was born in Port Talbot and has long been treated as one of Wales’s best-known figures.
Hopkins posted the photograph to his millions of followers with the caption: “We’re all winners… ⚽️ #worldcup2026”. Stella Arroyave appeared alongside him in a Mexico shirt, which made the image read less like a straight show of support and more like a deliberate football-night pose.
Followers split over Wales
Some followers pushed back immediately, asking why one of Wales’s most famous stars was wearing the Three Lions shirt. One commenter wrote: “Anthony Hopkins is Welsh, not English.” Another said: “What are you doing????? You are Welsh.”
Others took the opposite view and defended him as someone simply enjoying the occasion. Hopkins has rarely spoken publicly about his football allegiances, so the post landed without any clear statement to anchor it to one side or the other.
Stella Arroyave in Mexico
Stella Arroyave’s Mexico shirt changed the tone of the photograph again. The pairing suggested a football-night joke or a divided household image rather than a hard allegiance statement, which is why the post could support both the defenders and the critics at once.
England’s 3-2 win over Mexico gave the post a sharper edge after the fact, because the result sent England into the World Cup quarter-finals while the image kept circulating online. For readers trying to decode Hopkins’s position, the practical answer is still simple: the photograph showed a public moment, not a stated allegiance, and that is exactly why it kept dividing opinion.
Port Talbot to Hollywood
Hopkins has frequently spoken with pride about his upbringing in Port Talbot, and that background is the reason the shirt choice hit harder than an ordinary celebrity football post. A man so closely tied to Wales can wear England colors, but the reaction shows that many followers still read clothing as a statement first and a joke second.
