The “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-Hyatt (@cowgirl_shayla) July 30, 2012
Destinee Hooker sounds like a pornstar or a stripper name.
— Burt Macklin (@TypicalJack) July 30, 2012
Destinee Hooker has a head start on being a prostitute named Destinee Hooker
— Devan Costa (@DevanCosta) July 30, 2012
https://twitter.com/Kyle_schu31/status/229994715968331776
https://twitter.com/JulianGotovac/status/229995597007032321
https://twitter.com/mattygee66/status/229976109586972673
https://twitter.com/keithsexton/status/229660893791780864
But no matter how vicious the mockery gets, the Olympic volleyball star is proud of her name.
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230578763325403136
That wasn’t the first time the Team USA athlete used Twitter to address the digs at her name.
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/229408079605796864
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/229626452113498112
Here’s all that really needs to be said:
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230074622442364932
Boom!
Earlier this week Hooker shared the story of how her parents chose her name.
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230040060404326401
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230040254101463042
https://twitter.com/destineehooker/status/230040346007056384
Sniff. Is it dusty in here? Those aren’t tears, we just have something in our eyes.