Chelsea star Christian Pulisic has received death threats over a social media video involving a goliath grouper fish, his father has confirmed.

The 22-year-old filmed a stunt on a boat above an endangered fish, in which he fell in the water whilst juggling a football.

He has subsequently been criticised by conservationists and animal rights groups.

The Chelsea attacker's father told Alex Goldberg's YouTube channel The Byline: "He is off Twitter during the season but he knows what's going on and the harshness of it after having a bad game. He doesn't look at it a lot.

"What hurts him more is the cancel culture. If he wants to post something on the internet, and idiots are hiding behind computers. People are just waiting to hate because of their jealousy. That bothers him a lot more.

"Whether it is regarding guns or regarding going fishing and having a hook in a fish's mouth. He didn't even realise it but he is just trying to have a good time.

"It's the most ridiculous thing. Christian is such an animal lover. He has horses, he doesn't want to see animals hurt. Unfortunately, he has got death threats regarding it and it's got to the point where people are saying they want him in jail.

"People need to not wait for someone with notoriety to do something wrong. It is pretty idiotic. If you want to say he has had a sh*tty game, then go for it.

"But if you don't know Christian as a person and what happened on the boat? Then shut your mouth."