Andrew Bogut & Briggs Are Biffing On Twitter & Toadfish Rebecchi’s Involved

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July 26, 2016

There’s a headline you never rock up to work thinking you’re gonna write. Good lord.

We all love ourselves a little Tweet-beef; it is the fuel that keeps our bitter, black hearts pumping.

And this one, well… It’s certainly something.

Andrew Bogut, as most of you may be aware, is an extremely decent basketball player. One of the best Australia’s ever produced, it should be said.

He is also kind of a prick. At least in terms of the opinions he voices online; a thing he does often. Up until recently, Bogut’s Twitter bio sported the signifier “easily triggered by SJWs,” just to give you some idea of the level of fedora we’re dealing with here.

Last night Four Corners aired the exceedingly controversial and shocking “Australia’s Shame” expose into the horrific conditions experienced by juveniles in detention in the Northern Territory; an episode that’s already caused Malcolm Turnbull to call for a Royal Commission into the subject.

Prior to the program hitting the airwaves, Indigenous artist and all-around legend Briggs casually chided Bogut and urged him to tune in.

Hope you watch #4Corners @andrewbogut – you might learn something

— BRIGGS AKA BIG SIGH (@BriggsGE) July 25, 2016

To which Bogut, who has never refused a piece of bait in his life, responded in typical fashion.

Thanks self anointed CBF world champ! Great to hear from you https://t.co/1wCg8S1o1s

— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 25, 2016

“Where’s all this come from?” you may ask. “Where did a beef so clearly prickly come from?“

Fortunately for all of us, Ryan Moloney aka Jarrod “Toadfish” Rebecchi was there in the dead of night to ask the hard questions most of us won’t.

Yes, as in Toadie from Neighbours. No, I don’t understand what’s going on either.

@andrewbogut @BriggsGE where’s the Briggs / Bogut beef come from?

— Ryan Moloney (@litenmoloney) July 25, 2016

And Briggs was more than willing to give an answer, citing a widely circulated and profoundly short-sighted previous tweet about Black Lives Matter satellite protests in Melbourne.

@litenmoloney @andrewbogut Drew here being an ignorant goose. pic.twitter.com/TAScIutLA1

— BRIGGS AKA BIG SIGH (@BriggsGE) July 25, 2016

Enter: Bogut again, with another effort that gives weight to the theory that in the great toolbox of the internet, it is he who is the spanner.

@BriggsGE @litenmoloney highly regret that tweet. Did some research and shocked at the number of police shooting ppl in Melb. Apologies.

— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) July 25, 2016

The man is a walking comments section, I swear.

The rest of this not-ready-for-primetime-player’s production of “Where’s The Beef?” played out thusly: