- Joshua Taylor-Myles caused controversy in 2024
The footy star who shocked NRL fans by having vile slurs tattooed on his thighs has had a close call with disaster at his home.
Last June, the Daily Mail exclusively unmasked Joshua Taylor-Myles as the NSW rugby league player who had his thighs tattooed with the words ‘eat s**t f****t’ and ‘snort lines and f**k’.
Pictures of the hooker playing footy in the NSWRL Luke Lewis Cup went viral on social media, prompting his south-western Sydney club, the Aquinas Colts, to delete the photos.
About two weeks after his identity was exposed, Taylor-Myles revealed he’d had the offensive tattoos covered up with elaborate illustrations.
Now he has shown his more than 2000 Instagram followers the aftermath of what could have been a nasty incident at his home.
Taylor-Myles posted a video to his story with the caption ‘Sunday bbq up in flames’ showing him standing on a deck in front of his barbecue, fire extinguisher in hand and smoke shrouding the cooker.
Joshua Taylor-Myles (pictured) covered up the offensive ink – which said ‘eat s**t fa***t’ and ‘snort lines and f***’ – or risk being booted from playing rugby league
The 24-year-old just took to Instagram to reveal he had a close call with a household disaster (pictured) as he had to use a fire extinguisher on his barbecue
The former hooker for the Aquinas Colts club in Sydney is now spruiking protein supplements on social media (pictured)
The fact he needed to use the extinguisher points to the incident being a bit more serious than just the run-of-the-mill, fat-fuelled fire that’s common with backyard barbies.
A look at the 24-year-old’s Instagram shows he has had more tattoo work done since covering up the words on his legs.
Taylor-Myles has had a new design added to his neck, as well as the numbers 23 and 24 on his shoulders.
And now that the slurs have been obscured, he has also secured a sponsorship with nutrition business Tropeaka Australia, which makes a range of proteins and meal shakes.
Taylor-Myles posted a video of him working out before using the company’s products to make a protein smoothie, and his followers can even use his Instagram handle to secure a 10 per cent discount when shopping online.
When the scandal over his thigh tattoos broke, the rake was given an ultimatum: cover them up or risk being banned from any competition run by the NSW Rugby League (NSWRL).
‘The NSWRL and Cronulla JRL are committed to providing a safe, fun and inclusive environment for all people, including those of diverse sexualities and genders. Being an inclusive sport not only reflects our core values, it also reflects the diversity of our local communities,’ an NSWRL spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
‘We have a zero-tolerance to any form of bullying, harassment or vilification towards people with diverse sexualities and genders.’
Taylor-Myles has added to his extensive collection of tattoos by getting a new design inked onto his neck (pictured)
Long-standing members of the Aquinas Colts club questioned how the furore over the tattoos had been handled.
‘He should get the boot from the club if he refuses to cover those tattoos,’ one former club member told Daily Mail.
‘I get it, we all make mistakes, but there is hardly a reasonable excuse as to why you would ever get such offensive words inked to your body.
‘He wouldn’t be playing if I was still at the club.’
