On social media, however, there was also a screenshot with the reaction of Van Barneveld to these statements. The five-time world champion now regrets this reaction.
Yesterday I posted a tweet from the horrible things you sometimes get after a loss. In my anger at that moment I replied which I shouldn’t have done in a matter that is not worthy of a 5-time World Champion. I apologise for that ! Need to ignore those messages but not always easy'', Van Barneveld said on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Raybar180/status/1000349717098848256