Wayne Rooney mocked with ‘Herbie’ internet memes after drink-driving arrest while in a VW Beetle
Twitter exploded with memes as the £150k-a-week star is often seen driving luxury 4x4s
TWITTER has exploded with memes after it emerged Wayne Rooney was pulled over for drink-driving - while in a Volkswagen Beetle.
The millionaire ex-England captain was mocked for being behind the wheel of the "Herbie" car when he was arrested at around 2am in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
It has since emerged the car belonged to a mystery 29-year-old brunette who was "too drunk to drive", according to .
Internet jokers were quick to flood Twitter with VW Beetle memes as the £150,000-a-week star Everton striker is often seen in luxury 4x4s.
@FootballGuru74 posted a picture from the original Herbie film with the caption: "Wayne "Herbie" Rooney caught drink driving in a VW Beetle".
@Razz70 also mentioned Herbie - the Love Bug with a mind of its own - tweeting: "#Rooney caught drink driving in a VW beetle? Pity it wasn't herbie, it could've driven him home!"
Joe Donnelly wrote: "Wayne Rooney getting caught drink driving in a VW beetle is unreal, I hope it had those s*** eye lashes on the head lights."
@alanmehdizadeh tweeted: "Arrested for drink driving in a VW Beetle, Wayne Rooney is supposed to be an "England legend", an "inspiration", a "role model" A VW BEETLE?" along with a gif of Herbie spinning on its roof.
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@TSunesson said: "What's more embarrassing: being arrested for DUI or being found in a VW Beetle? @WayneRooney".
@AlexPearson18 wrote: "Still think the most disturbing thing about the Rooney drink driving story is that he was driving a beetle. The guy's on 300k a week".
@SeamusJoyce posted a picture from The Simpsons of a tall character behind the wheel of a tiny car with the caption: "Wayne Rooney caught in a VW Beetle clearly an own goal".
Michael Schneider said: "Never mind drink driving, what Rooney doing driving a VW Beetle?"
While @singintheblues said: "Rooney was driving a fucking Beetle? Throw the book at him for that an all."
Rooney, 31, is thought to have been three times the limit when police stopped him in Cheshire.
claims superstar Rooney, who is set to become a dad for the fourth time, offered to drive the unnamed woman home because she was "too drunk to drive" following the "all night session" with pals.
But instead he spent the night in the cells after partying in the Bubble Room in Alderley Edge — just five miles from he and pregnant wife Coleen's £6million mansion in Prestbury.
He was said to have been belting out Wonderwall by Oasis as he was joined by former Manchester United teammate Wes Brown.
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