We're nearly at the two-year anniversary of the grim men's evening that cost Paul Pierce his job at ESPN, and it'd be hard to argue that his situation has meaningfully improved in the interim. In February the former NBA player paid $1.4 million to settle charges from the SEC that he touted a crypto asset security without disclosing that he was paid to do so, and made "false and misleading promotional statements." Earlier this month, he was still vigorously defending himself from 2008 postseason poop allegations.
Pierce has said he was already divorced at the time of his fateful poker-night livestream, but his Twitter account is an experiment in becoming even more divorced. For a profile photo, he uses an iPhone lock-screen image of himself holding a cigar. And if that didn't make it clear enough, there's this:
I’m single what’s up
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) January 28, 2023
And this:
Dam your energy familiar do we know each other
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) February 21, 2023
And, of course, the thought-provoking question he posed on Wednesday:
If a girl ask a guy on Date and make the reservation and invite her girlfriend and you are the only Guy , does the guy have to pay even if he gotta a lot of money or how that work , when he really wanted to stay home and Postmate it 🤔🤔🤔
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) March 29, 2023
A purely hypothetical inquiry for the fellas, of course. Pierce may be committed to the grim men's lifestyle, but sometimes it's wisest to put away the phone and opt for the cozy man's evening instead.
