Today’s “pseudo-intelligent” tweets from Burp favourite Joey Barton reveal the currently suspended Queens Park Rangers midfielder’s dislike for the diminutive form of his name, apparently forced upon him by a conspiring mass media.
He even goes so far as to declare:
…if you call me Joey when we meet. I will instantly in my head be thinking, “What a f*cking bellend this cat is!”
Following several hints from his 1.5m+ followers, @Joey7Barton soon realises that he may need to change his Twitter handle.
Get a glimpse into the player’s mind below:
How I wish the mass media had christened me Joe instead of Joey. I hate Joey, not going to lie. Nobody I respect calls me it…
#justsaying— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 21, 2012
Really couldn’t be arsed correcting everyone that calls me Joey. Not as precious to demand that people call me Joe. Just remember…
— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 21, 2012
…if you call me Joey when we meet. I will instantly in my head be thinking, “What a f*cking bellend this cat is!” FYI
#callmewhatuwant— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 21, 2012
I’ve kept it as a twitter handle because that’s what everyone knows me as
#dullards. No point starting twitter as someone nobody knows?— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 21, 2012
Gonna have to change this twitter handle now. The
#dullards have a point, I’ll give them that.— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 21, 2012