'My childhood just died': Tony Hawk shilling for Obamacare disappoints

Skateboard icon Tony Hawk has become the latest in a long line of celebrities to shill for Obamacare:

#GetCoveredNow because because a hard slam can (will) happen when you least expect it: http://t.co/LheRorcuR1

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) March 20, 2014

Dude, not “rad” at all, to use the older terminology:

https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/446764278146543616

.@tonyhawk Congrats on your new job as shill for big obtrusive government. #NotASelloutAtAll

— Leslie ن (@LADowd) March 20, 2014

@exjon Poor @tonyhawk's been coping with shattered limbs for years. Finally: Obamacare will fix them.

— Kim Jong-unthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) March 20, 2014

.@AnthonyBialy Due to all the injuries, within 10 years the gov't will say that skateboarding is a crime. @tonyhawk

— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 20, 2014

Let's think about who Tony Hawk's target audience is. Teenagers and people who are probably young enough to be on their parents' insurance.

— RBe (@RBPundit) March 20, 2014

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/446764094407053312

@tonyhawk did you seriously just pimp the worst piece of legislation to be introduced to society? It's a train wreck and you know it!

— Tom Utley (@dntutley) March 20, 2014

@tonyhawk how much you get paid for this one Tony? #unfollowed

— Bob (@Rzrutledge) March 20, 2014

In 2009, Hawk skateboarded inside the White House at the invitation of President Obama, so maybe he felt he owed the president a return favor.