The Trashiest Social Media Posts from Pro Athletes

Ashley Reign
Updated June 15, 2019 13.1k votes 2k voters 152.9k views

No doubt that one of the cool perks of the social media age is the ability to connect with and follow your favorite celebrities and professional athletes. But as some professional sports players have discovered (the hard way), the ability to voice your opinions to thousands or even millions of fans can go incredibly wrong, incredibly quickly. The following trashy athlete posts are exactly that. These posts went way wrong, way quickly.

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    967 VOTES

    50 Shades of Fail

    50 Shades of Fail
    Photo: Joshua Sale / via Facebook

    Back in 2013, the Tampa Bay Rays minor league player inspired more than a handful of cringes when sharing his thoughts on gratitude-worthy behavior.

    967 votes
  • 2
    731 VOTES

    Hulk Hogan Retweets a Super Sexist Tweet About His Own Daughter

    Hulk Hogan Retweets a Super Sexist Tweet About His Own Daughter
    Photo: Metaweb / CC-BY

    Read before you retweet, Hulkster.

    731 votes
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    676 VOTES

    When Your Apology Tweet Is as Bad as the Original

    When Your Apology Tweet Is as Bad as the Original
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    University of Oklahoma player Jaz Reynolds earned a permanent suspension for these remarks on his Twitter account the day after a gunman shot himself at the University of Texas library.

    676 votes
  • 4
    575 VOTES

    Incognito's Discretion Fails to Live Up to His Name

    Incognito's Discretion Fails to Live Up to His Name
    Photo: flickr / CC0

    What to do after your suspension for bullying a guy is lifted?

    575 votes
  • 5
    420 VOTES

    When You Accidentally Put Out a Hit On a Groupie In a Moment of Pissed Off Passion

    When You Accidentally Put Out a Hit On a Groupie In a Moment of Pissed Off Passion
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    The New York Knicks player later claimed this one was an account hack that happened while he was off innocently shooting a movie in China...

    420 votes
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    930 VOTES

    #YaThink?

    #YaThink?
    Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY

    Yes. Really. 

    930 votes