Newcastle United footballer Joey Barton has used Twitter to talk his way out of St James’s Park, leaving him free to move into the Celebrity Big Brother house.
The £70,000-a-week midfielder has been outspoken in his criticism of Newcastle’s board of directors in a bid to secure a long-overdue debut as a reality TV star.
Part-time philosopher and ankle surgeon Barton will now head a strong line up of celebrities no-one has heard of – including a large-breasted blonde woman – for the first series of Big Brother to be aired on Channel Five.
“Compared to the mad house that is St James’s Park, the Celeb BB house will be a breeze,” according to The News entertainment correspondent/ work experience girl.
“He’s roomed with Andy Carroll in the past too, so he should have no probs waiting for a bunch of glamour models to finish washing their locks in the bathroom either,” she added.
“How he’ll cope without Twitter could be a different matter. Hopefully he won’t start speaking to the voices in his head on camera.”
A campaign has already launched on legalised stalking website Facebook to urge a list of famous names to join Barton in the hope the Scouser will kick the shit out of them.
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Richard Bacon, Michael Winner and ‘Dr’ Gillian McKeith currently top the ‘most wanted’ list.
Cigars, alcohol, Mike Ashley and Mancunians have all been banned from the Big Brother house, a spokesperson for Channel Five confirmed.



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