Scottish rugby star Rory Lamont received a stern rebuke from the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) recently after calling Barack Obama a “whore” on his Twitter page.
Lamont, who will start at full back for the Glasgow Warriors against Leinster in the Heineken Cup tomorrow afternoon, had a dig at the US President in comparison to budding Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, posting the following tweet ten days ago.
Obviously wary of the need to prevent an international incident of some sort, the SRU were quickly on the case and gave Lamont a verbal clip around the ear for his actions, warning him not to be so liberal with his thoughts on the social networking site in future.
The SRU released a statement on the matter which read: “Social media provides a platform for our players to engage with fans and act as ambassadors for our team and the sport in general.
“We do make players aware of how best to use social media, such as Twitter, so they can make the most of the service.
“We have spoken to Rory about the tweets identified and he fully accepts the language used was completely inappropriate and has apologised unreservedly for offence caused.”
Plenty of Irish rugby players are enthusiastic users of the Twitter machine, but apart from Jamie Heaslip’s unsavoury battle with fans last season, they have generally managed to steer clear of too much controversy, preferring instead to debate about the merits of Nando’s or Wagamama for their nutritional needs.
The Leinster lads will get a chance to remind Lamont of his Twitter troubles at Firhill Stadium tomorrow, but he doesn’t seem to be bothered by it, having neglected to delete the offending tweet at time of writing.
He did issue an apology of sorts via Twitter yesterday, however, saying: “If I have ever caused any offence from the language used in my tweets I do apologise.”
