3. Joey Barton as Joffrey Baratheon
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Joffrey Baratheon was a singularly sadistic character in Game of Thrones with no concern for anyone except himself and a total disregard for any decency. No one was as reprehensible as him until Ramsey Bolton (Snow) and he deserved his end every bit.
That said, Joffrey’s cruelty and bloodthirsty nature makes him universally disliked. When he was dying, purple in the face, there were only smiles.
There are very few football players as universally disliked. However, one name comes to mind, that of Joey Barton, the former Manchester City and Queens Park Ranger player. It isn’t just one incident that makes him ideal to be Joffrey, but a long string of them, much like the former King of Westeros himself.
Joffrey didn’t do one bad thing, he did a host of despicable things.
Barton has mooned Everton fans, assaulted and run over people, verbally abused and, wait-for-it, he stubbed out a lit cigarette in the eye of a fellow player at a Christmas party? Where was the holiday cheer and goodwill? As a consequence, he has suffered many suspensions, served an actual jail sentence, been to anger management and behavioural therapy, basically the works.
