Bruce Irvin tweets idiotic 'joke' about getting DUI for April Fools' Day

Published Apr. 1, 2015 10:46 a.m. ET

Brett Smiley

Supremely talented Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin made an extremely ill-advised attempt at humor on Wednesday -- April Fools' Day -- with an early morning "joke" that police had busted him for driving under the influence of alcohol.

It's a fairly harmless instance of poor judgment and the world still turns, it's just hard to conceive how Irvin thought there was humor in a DUI joke in the first place.

Before this hits the media I just wanna apologize to my fans and the @Seahawks organization once again. I made a terrible decision b driving
— Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) April 1, 2015

LmaooooooRT @jay_jbirch7215: @BIrvin_WVU11 kjr hosts are all mad thinking it's true lol
— Bruce Irvin (@BIrvin_WVU11) April 1, 2015

Giants offensive lineman Geoff Schwartz pretty much summed it up:

What did you think of this story?