“That’s being brutally honest. It was very difficult for my family, and I have to live with that.
“Obviously it was an absolute media frenzy. You’ve got people knocking at your door and everything, and I’ve got a little boy. Without going into too much detail, it was very difficult. We knew we had to get out of that country.”
In Priestman’s absence, Canada made it out of the group stages at the Olympics – despite being docked six points for the incident.
They were knocked out by Germany on penalties at the quarter-final stage.
Priestman, who served as Phil Neville’s assistant for two years with England’s women, guided Canada to Olympic gold at Tokyo in 2021.
