When you happen to be an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer sponsored by an elite care brand, it’s probably not a good idea to talk trash on Twitter.

If you’re a naturalised English sportsman that’s suffered a run of poor form in recent times and have since been cut from the national team, it’s also probably not a good idea to talk trash on Twitter.

In both cases, social media will bite you in the bunghole.

Case number one involves Australian Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice, who apparently also indulges in a little bit of rugby union spectatorship. In fact, Stephanie’s such a keen supporter of the Convict Nation’s rugga squad that she tweet-squealed her delight shortly after Kurtley Beal landed an injury time penalty to take the Wallabies to victory by two points over the Boks.

@ItsStephRice wrote, and I quoth:

Suck on that, faggots!

Oef. Easy girl. It wasn’t long before she realised she was in a spot of PR bother.

The twenty-two-year old swimmer later apologized, saying she “did not mean to cause offense,” and that she had made her comment “in the excitement of the moment.”

“I did not mean to cause offense, and I apologize,” Rice said in a statement. “I have deleted it from the site.”

But, the damage was done.

“Jaguar Australia today terminated its relationship with Stephanie Rice, who has been an ambassador for the Jaguar brand in Australia since the start of 2010,” Kevin Goult, general manager for Jaguar Australia, said in a statement.

Suck on that, swimmer.

Case in point number two is none other than Kevin “Late Bloomer” Pietersen, whose Twitter feed, @kevinpp24 describes him as a “proud english cricketer”.

Well, we’re glad you’re so proud of England, mate. England can keep you, especially while you’re dying your hair funny, pouting like a troll and growing a patchy. Also, it’s probably not favourable to call your completely justifiable exclusion from the English cricket squad, and I quoth:

a fuck up

No, naughty. You WILL get in trouble if you tweet that kind of thing.

Come now, sports people. Don’t tweet after a workout. Just take a second to chill. Put on your pants with elastic waist bands, play some PlayStation, THEN tweet. K?

Much love.

[Source : Herald Sun]