These two popular sayings “Revenge is sweet” and “Patience is a virtue” don’t usually go together. Revenge is usually a swift action taken by the person looking for payback. When mixing patience and revenge, the result can be a perfect storm.
That’s exactly what happened with former Ole Miss basketball star Marshall Henderson in his revenge against sportscaster and television personality Erin Andrews.
Let’s go back to July of 2013. Henderson was suspended from the Ole Miss basketball program in what ended up being a failed drug test. Henderson was pulled over by authorities in Oxford and was in possession of marijuana and cocaine, which ultimately led to his suspension. Following the news, Andrews was quick to take a jab at Henderson by tweeting, “He mocking anyone now?”
Knowing the brash and outgoing personality of Henderson, the former Ole Miss star was quick to realize the jab and fired one right back, tweeting out: “ima save that and you will be the first person ill mock.”
The tension between Andrews and Henderson didn’t start there. Andrews, an alumnus of the University of Florida, wasn’t a big fan of Henderson after he did the “gator chomp” after knocking out Florida in the SEC Tournament back in 2013. Since then, Andrews has not been a big fan of Henderson’s antics, just like a lot of other people.
Flash forward to last Friday. Andrews’ boyfriend, Los Angeles Kings’ forward Jarret Stoll, was arrested Friday on suspicion of possession of cocaine and ecstasy in Las Vegas. Stoll was arrested at the Wet Republic public pool complex at the MGM Grand Hotel after trying to sneak cocaine and ecstasy into a pool party.
Henderson was quick to notice the news about Andrews’ sweetheart. The outspoken Marshall took to Twitter Monday and tweeted at her: “…. lol wassup with your boyfriend?!”
It was the perfect revenge for Marshall Henderson. His outspoken personality and bold swagger paid off in the end. Andrews hasn’t responded to Marshall’s tweet yet, but I suggest following them both on Twitter, at least for the rest of the week.
Normally, laughing at a drug arrest is not worth a tweet mentioning “lol,” but in the defense of Henderson, the properties and consequences of social media worked out in his favor. Whenever you say something negative towards another person, it will always come back and haunt you in the end. Marshall has made poor choices in his life and has paid the consequences for them. It’s only fitting that Henderson gets the upper hand against Andrews.
A similar situation happened earlier this year. Fox Sports commentator Clay Travis took a jab at Kings’ center Demarcus Cousins five years ago saying on Twitter: “There is a 100% chance that Demarcus Cousins is arrested for something in the next five years. 100%. Write it in stone.”
Five years went by and a clean record for Cousins still stands. Cousins took to Instagram to celebrate this achievement, showing a picture of Travis’ tweet with the caption, “Today’s the day!! Let’s all show him some love!!”
The karma of social media will come back and get you. It’s a never-ending cycle of cyber harassment. This time, Marshall Henderson got the last laugh.
