This Destinee Hooker chick is probably a complete whore.
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Hayden Tolden (@AceVenturaa) July 28, 2012The “Beavis and Butthead” corner of the Twitterverse just can’t stop snickering at Olympic volleyball star Destinee Hooker’s name.
This girls name is Destinee Hooker. I feel like her parents meant for her to be a stripper.—
Shayla Holth (@cowgirl_shayla) July 30, 2012
Destinee Hooker sounds like a pornstar or a stripper name.—
Ballsagna (@TypicalJack) July 30, 2012
Destinee Hooker has a head start on being a prostitute named Destinee Hooker—
Devan Costa (@DevanCosta) July 30, 2012
U name ur kid Destinee hooker do u want a slut as ur daughter—
Kyle Schumacher (@Kyle_schu31) July 30, 2012
I see that Destinee Hooker is now trending. Since when did Bill Clinton's favorite stripper name & favorite private sector job become hip?—
Julian Gotovac (@JulianGotovac) July 30, 2012
If your last name was Hooker, why the hell would you make your child's first name Destinee. #prostitute #whatiswrongwithyou—
Matthew Galletta (@mattygee66) July 30, 2012
I bet Destinee Hooker's parents are super disappointed she's not a stripper. #2012LondonOlympics—
Keith Sexton (@keithsexton) July 29, 2012
But no matter how vicious the mockery gets, the Olympic volleyball star is proud of her name.
No matter what I luv my name RT@TMZ: U.S. Olympian Destinee Hooker — I'm PROUD of My Name … 'People Can Be Childish' tmz.me/PqcdW3—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) August 01, 2012
That wasn’t the first time the Team USA athlete used Twitter to address the digs at her name.
Proud of my name and thankful for the fans who love it too. 2 fans made a shirt thank you #YMNIDH for the fans #YHNIDH lockerz.com/s/229187783—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) July 29, 2012
@FindleyMade yes really. Grown men and women clowning on my name is ridiculous.—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) July 29, 2012
Here’s all that really needs to be said:
S/O to everybody talking about name because the fact of the matter is at least you know it…. #LoveIt #EnoughSaid—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) July 30, 2012
Boom!
Earlier this week Hooker shared the story of how her parents chose her name.
Thank you for asking. I got my name from my father. I wasn't breathing when I was born. Doctors didn't know if I was going to make it. When—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) July 30, 2012
I came through my Dad named me Destinee. His unique version of the word "destiny" because I was destined to live. So thank you God and—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) July 30, 2012
thank you Dad for naming me. God truly has been blessing me
I love you—
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker) July 30, 2012
Sniff. Is it dusty in here? Those aren’t tears, we just have something in our eyes.
