The abuse athletes, celebrities, and other noteworthy figures endure from random Twitter accounts is an unfortunate downside of the social media platform. However, thanks to Jimmy Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets” segment, those insulting tweets can still be turned into something somewhat positive. The segment has been quite popular with both audiences and the subjects of those tweets, so the Indianapolis Colts decided to host a mean tweets segment of their own, and punter Pat McAfee stole the show.
Twitter can be a mean place… we're here to make it a little brighter.#MeanTweets – Colts Editionhttps://t.co/UxjdYCkVDL
— Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) June 15, 2016
Most of the Colts just laugh off the insults, but McAfee goes beyond that. The clip repeatedly cuts back to McAfee tearing into “hairmetalhenry” and his ill-advised critique of the punter. Here’s what McAfee tells him:
“You used the wrong you’re, and anytime you comment on someone’s intelligence, you should utilize the proper your or you’re. Cause there’s a ‘ur’ with one of these ones. You messed that up. So let’s just start there, ‘hairmetalhenry,’ and then let’s go back to the other one. I’m wearing a glove because about 90 per cent of the time I’m on the field, I catch a football, which is so mind-blowing, I understand that. ‘Wow, why would you wear a glove?’ And then I look at the wide receivers, and I’m like, ‘Why are you wearing gloves, you stupid wide receiver? Are you catching a football or something. That’s almost what I do nearly every time I’m on the field.’ And I’d also love for you to use the proper you’re, and I’m sure you mess this up all the time, there, their, they’re. There’s three of them. Make sure you figure those out too before you start attacking other people’s intelligence. Have a good day.”
For those familiar with McAfee’s Twitter account, his humorous tirade should not come as a surprise. McAfee also dabbles in stand-up and is a bonafide media personality in Indianapolis. If there is one NFL player you do not want to trade insults with, McAfee is probably it, and he proves it here.
