Luke Humphries fumed at a darts fan’s abuse last year (Image: Getty)
has revealed that he told a fan to ‘grow up’ in an angry exchange at last year’s . Cool Hand has faced the hostility of the crowd during his battles with the newly-crowned world champion.
Littler went on to win the on his debut last year. He shared several thrilling battles with Humphries during the tournament.
However, the man Littler dethroned as world champion has revealed that one fan’s anger boiled over into ‘abuse’. Humphries claims that he was repeatedly called a “c***” by a man aged between 30-40.
The 29-year-old told the Happy Hour podcast: “I think it was a actually. I was playing Luke.
“I remember one guy. I can’t really say the word on camera. Quite horrible to be honest, saying the C-word quite a lot. Just calling me it all the time.
“You’re a C, you’re a C… constantly trying to put me off all the time. I kind of looked out to him like, What the f*** are you doing? Like grow up you’re 30, 40-years-old’.
“I looked out to him and said, ‘Grow up mate’. Can you imagine your 12-year-old son’s dad out there screaming, shouting and swearing at a dart player.
“I could expect that from a 15-year-old kid, not a 40-year-old man. That was nothing to do with Luke, that was just a guy who wanted him to win. I’ve had it before from other players.”
Humphries added that abuse puts him off his game and revealed that hurtful comments make him want to leave the stage. He said all he wants to do is entertain those in attendance.
Luke Littler and Luke Humphries have enjoyed a thrilling rivalry (Image: Getty)
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“I’m up here trying to give you a great game and you give me so much abuse, it’s not nice in a way,” Humphries said.
“You are on the back end of stuff like that and it does put you off. Then you are thinking you don’t want to be up on the stage anymore.
“It’s not an environment I want to be involved in. You can’t wait to get off. It kind of confuses me how people come to the darts and just want to put people off. We are talking about a two or three per cent. When you come to darts isn’t it best to see players just ripping it up, playing brilliant.”