Babel squares up with Spongebob

Former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has taken to Twitter to recount the bizarre tale of how he fell out with Spongebob Squarepants.

Babel, who plays for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, clashed with the character he hired for a birthday party when he removed his costume in order to smoke a cigarette.

The 24-year old explained that he backed down somewhat, however, when the man inside the costume revealed he had recently been released from prison.

“If you invite a character to a kids’ birthday party you want to see that character BE that character,” Babel tweeted.

“Spongebob was taking his helmet off and was smoking a cigarette in front of the kids.”

“Spongebob doesn’t take his face off on TV and show a black face underneath it.”

“So I got mad at Spongebob in front of the kids and when I get mad I get loud and I get rude.”

“I was like: ‘Spongebob, put your helmet on and put the damn cigarettes out. You can’t smoke in front of the kids man, are you crazy?'”

Babel explained that courage deserted him upon learning of the man’s recent stint in prison.

“Here is the thing that made it bad, nobody told me that Spongebob was fresh out of jail,” he added in further Twitter posts.

“Here is when I find out, he was like: ‘Man, eff you and these ugly ass kids. I just got out and I’m here to get paid.'”

“I’m such a sissy that when I heard ‘jail’ my whole attitude changed.”

“As soon as I heard jail I said ‘No no, you’re not listening. I didn’t say you can’t smoke I just said ‘don’t blow it in their faces.'”

“‘That’s all I’m saying Spongebob. I mean blow the smoke up or something, but just give the kids a chance to not have cancer, that’s it. I get it you’re stressed out man, you just got out of jail, I mean come on, I’ll smoke one with you.'”