Liverpool legend and former England winger John Barnes has issued an immediate apology after a social media gaffe that saw him accidentally post an image from a pornographic video on Twitter on Saturday.
Barnes had initially tweeted a screenshot of a message he had received featuring a picture of US President Donald Trump and his late mother Mary Anne, along with a quote attributed to the latter in which she supposedly referred to her son as an “idiot” and with the prediction that he would be a “disaster” if he ever moved into politics.
“Says it all,” wrote Barnes as a caption above the picture.
Little did the 56-year-old realise that positioned right below the screenshot was a camera roll that featured a thumbnail image from a pornographic video. Realising his mistake later, the former England winger subsequently removed the tweet and hastily issued an apology for any offence caused.
“I have to apologise for any offence caused as I posted a Donald trump picture sent to me by a friend.. on the camera roll under was a video of pornography,” he later tweeted.
“I wasn’t aware that it was there and apologise once again for any offence caused.”
Although Barnes’ mistake inevitably drew a lot of attention on social media, he did not shy away from discussing the error.
When suggested to him that he perhaps should have cropped the photo, Barnes replied as a matter of fact: “Don’t know how to do that… I’m afraid to press buttons on this phone.
“I’m 56 yrs old, so happy to just be able to get one or 2 words out on twitter that people understand!!”