London (CNN) England and Manchester City footballer Kyle Walker has apologized for reportedly hosting a party with two sex workers while urging fans to stay at home and respect the United Kingdom government's coronavirus lockdown.

British tabloids, including The Sun, posted details over the weekend of a gathering Walker held at his home, which included two sex workers and a friend.

The meeting breaks the UK's current lockdown laws, which ban gatherings of more than two people and states that Britons must not leave their homes apart from for essential reasons, and only with members of their own household.

Last month Walker had urged supporters to follow those rules, writing on Twitter: "On a serious note though, please everyone stay home, look after one another through this difficult time and check in on loved ones but don't visit them."

In a statement sent to CNN by Walker's agency, the England full-back said: "I want to take this opportunity to issue a public apology for the choices I made last week which have resulted in a story today about my private life in a tabloid newspaper.

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