Luke Littler's mum, Lisa, has hit back at 't**s' after he was booed during his match last night (29 December).
The 'Nuke' secured his place in the quarter-finals of the World Championship thanks to his defeat of Rob Cross with a score of 4-2.
However, the 18-year-old sports sensation faced a 'hostile' crowd at London's Ally Pally.
And he wasn't particularly happy about it, turning to them with his arms out wide, shouting: "What now? What now?" when he hit double 20 to secure his win.
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Littler took things further in the post-match interview too, as he told the jeering fans they 'pay for my prize money'.
"Thank you for my money!" he said. "Thank you for booing me."
And now Lisa has had her say.
The teenage dart sensation's mum has been replying to social media trolls on X as one wondered why they're 'not allowed to call him a little pudding because he’s 18? Do me a favour'.
And Lisa responded: "So they buy tickets with there [sic] hard earned money to sit there like t**ts and boo."
She criticised other trolls as she responded: "Sad little life he leaves," and called others a 'sad c**t'.
Another wrote of him: "The more I watch Luke Littler, the more I hate him. Morphing into Phil Taylor more and more every day."
As Lisa jokingly responded: "Aww gutted for ya nottt."
With others criticising his reaction on stage, she added: "Am sure Luke will carry on behaving like one [the world number one] as he as done crowds were vile let’s all boo the world number one idiots man."
The Nuke's reaction on Monday night divided fans as some thought he was 'arrogant' and 'big headed' while others were pleased to see him battling through.
"A hostile environment for an 18-year-old and he came out on top," one wrote on X. "Now THAT is the sign of a champion. Booing him you need to take a look at yourself really."
Littler later addressed his fiery post-match interview, admitting he had 'lost [his head]'.
"Two years ago I think I would have started throwing my darts left-handed, but that is how much I have grown, how much I have matured," said 'The Nuke'.
Asking fans to put themselves in his position, he added: "I can still learn a lot. I can learn how to deal with the crowd, not let as much emotion out, just keep it all in me until that final dart.
"That’s the first time I’ve been at the World Championships and the crowd have not wanted me to win.
"I will expect the worst on New Year’s Day, and whatever happens will happen.
"The fans did what they did, I reacted like any other player would, I think I might have reacted a bit too early on after the first set and when I came on for the second set I said to myself, ‘Yeah, you’ve reacted too early here.’"
Topics: Luke Littler, Social Media, Sport
Jess Battison