Eagle-eyed fans spot snooker boss Barry Hearn appearing to ‘like’ extremely explicit tweet.. before it’s swiftly deleted

BARRY HEARN attracted attention for all the wrong reasons immediately after the World Snooker Championship final.

The World Snooker Tour chairman was at the Crucible to hand winner Luca Brecel his trophy after he beat Mark Selby 18-15 in a tense finale.

Barry Hearn, right, ‘liked’ the tweet minutes after appearing at the World Snooker Championship finalRex

But minutes later eagle-eyed fans noticed Hearn had made a huge gaffe on social media.

The 77-year-old appeared to “like” a tweet showing a pornographic video.

And that meant it showed up in the feeds of many people who follow the former Matchroom chairman.

Fortunately the “like” was deleted which means most of his 109,000 Twitter followers may have not seen the offending video.

Some of those who did see it also saw the funny side and joked at Hearn’s expenses.

One person tweeted: “Time to follow Barry Hearn.”

Another added: “Did the snooker bore you @BarryHearn”

A third said: “You and I were watching that incredible snooker final, not everyone was though, eh Barry Hearn ?!!??”

Another remarked: “Looks like Barry was more interested in a different set of balls tonight.”