They almost always leave & comeback. Twitter can definitely be a distraction though, so I can understand why he needs a break from it! This guy a lot of popularity lately & has been seen partying everywhere and with everyone from Rick Ross to Justin Timberlake. Can you guess who it is yet? Details after the jump..
Via Mark Schlabach at ESPN:
Johnny Football is leaving Twitter.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, said Tuesday that he has self-imposed a Twitter ban in an attempt to keep his personal life more private.
Manziel has been stung in recent weeks by negative publicity from both on- and off-the-field incidents.
The latest controversy came Saturday, when media reports indicated Manziel shoved a Texas A&M graduate assistant after he threw one of his three interceptions during a spring scrimmage. Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin said he didn’t see the confrontation, and Manziel and his teammates said the incident was overblown.
Since winning the Heisman and leading the Aggies to an 11-2 record in his first season as a starter in 2012, nearly every aspect of Manziel’s life has become Internet fodder.
Photos of Manziel attending Mardi Gras, the Super Bowl [where he was spotted with the stars of “Duck Dynasty,” Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel], NBA games and most recently spring break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, made their way onto Twitter and other social media.
“I’ve kind of just shut it all off,” Manziel said. “With how the media has been with me for a while, I just shut everything off. As of [Monday], I said I was done with [Twitter] for however long. It’s fun to have, but it can get to be distracting at points.”
Now, Manziel’s more than 330,000 Twitter followers will have to find other ways to keep up with what’s going on in his life.
“I’m surprised to [see] how the attention has continued through the offseason,” Manziel said. “I guess I thought it would die off and slow down a little bit, but it really hasn’t.”
(Story Continues…)
