Some sportsmen and women, once their careers are done and dusted, are more than happy to fade from the spotlight and live out their days quietly. Shane Warne is not one of those, tweeting relentlessly and self-promoting at every given opportunity.

Now we have long known that Warnie is kind of sensitive about his appearance, famously missing the 2003 World Cup after his mother gave him some diet pills that caused him to fail a doping test. His latest picture, taken with Neighbours actress Nicky Whelan in Las Vegas this past weekend, has sparked a round of rumours that the 45-year-old has had some serious work done. The Daily Telegraph reports:

What looked like an innocent happy snap, turned into a new speculation mill. Warne flatly denied having cosmetic surgery or Botox in The Australian days ago.

Social media users wrote back: “Warneballs cmon mate? Looking very plastic.”

Another said: “OMG Shane what the hell have you done to yourself. A bit too much Botox.”

Why the need for the facial treatment there Warnie? Perhaps it’s the fact that he describes himself as ‘very, very, very, very single’ and is more than dipping his toes in the dating pool:

“I’m on [dating app] Tinder. It started as a laugh. Midnight or one o’clock in the morning, me and a lot of my mates are ­sitting around the bar after a long day playing, and everyone was talking about these different apps, Grindr, Tinder. I said, no. But we got on the app store, joined up.”

You might want to be careful Shane, a few more years of needles and overly liberal application of the fake tan and you could end up looking like Donatella Versace.

[source:dailytelegraph]