Erling Haaland caught off guard as girlfriend Isabel reveals her first crush was his friend in viral vlog moment

A new YouTube vlog from Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has gone viral after a surprising confession from his girlfriend, Isabel Haugseng Johansen, left the football star visibly stunned on camera.

The moment unfolded in Haaland’s latest 27-minute “day in the life” video, released last Thursday, where the couple shared a casual kitchen chat that took an unexpected turn.

In the clip, Isabel revealed that her first crush wasn’t Haaland, but one of his close friends—a face familiar from the pair’s old teenage rap video that resurfaced online years ago.

Haaland’s reaction was priceless: a mix of disbelief and playful annoyance that quickly turned to laughter as Isabel reassured him that “things turned out just fine in the end.”

The vlog, which also features Haaland’s family time—cooking, playing with their infant son, and relaxing at home—offers fans a rare look at the Norwegian’s personal life.

Known for his icy composure on the pitch, Haaland appears more human and humorous off it, exchanging jokes with Isabel and sharing anecdotes about their everyday routine.

Since its upload, the clip has taken social media by storm, circulating across X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Instagram, where fans have dissected the exchange frame by frame.

The original X post sharing the moment has already drawn tens of thousands of views, with users flooding the replies with jokes about “trust issues,” “loyalty tests,” and memes comparing Haaland’s reaction to a Champions League defeat.

Others praised Isabel’s honesty and the couple’s chemistry, noting how comfortable she seemed poking fun at one of football’s most feared forwards. “Only she can tell Haaland something like that and survive,” one user quipped, while another wrote, “That friend is somewhere smiling like he just won the Ballon d’Or.”

The viral reaction underscores fans’ fascination with footballers’ private lives, especially those who maintain mysterious public personas. For Haaland—whose focus and discipline have earned him a reputation as an almost robotic goal machine—the vlog’s softer, playful tone has helped reshape his image into something far more relatable.

Whether intentional or not, the “crush confession” moment has turned into a PR win, showing that even Haaland, the scoring machine of Manchester City, isn’t immune to awkward love stories and everyday relationship humor.

Watch the video below