Luke Littler sends message to darts star after 'fat boy' comment on social media

The darts star, who is dating Fallon Sherrock, overcame the likes of Danny Noppert, James Wade, Krzysztof Ratajski, Rob Cross, Jacques Labre and Jose De Sousa on his way to glory.

Writing on X after his victory, Menzies wrote: "Fat boy did a thing."

And Littler then congratulated his fellow darts star, with the youngster replying: "Well in Cammy."

His message was accompanied with a fist bump emoji.

Menzies was thrilled after his win over Bunting, saying he was 'absolutely buzzing' after winning the first PDC title of his career.

“I’ve won a Pro Tour, and nobody can ever take that away from me," he said.

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Well in Cammy 👊🏼

— Luke Littler (@LukeTheNuke180) October 31, 2024

"I wanted to win this title so much - I’m absolutely buzzing. This means so much to me.

“At one stage I never thought I was good enough to win a Pro Tour, but I believe right now I’m playing the best darts of my life.

“I’m playing against the best players in the world here. And I feel when I’m on my game, I can match them - and I never thought I’d be able to do that.

“Hopefully this is a stepping stone to winning a major, like Ritchie [Edhouse] and Mike De Decker have done recently.”

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Regarding Littler, meanwhile, the darts star recently lost to Andrew Gilding at the European Championship.

It means he has now lost in the first round for the third major tournament in a row.

But former darts star Paul Nicholson, speaking to Sporting Life, has hit back at media coverage of that defeat.

"These major outlets are reporting to the masses and do not have their finger on the pulse of everything Littler has achieved this year away from the TV cameras and could easily start getting the impression that he’s a ‘one hit wonder’ and already on the decline," he wrote.

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"Sensationalist and misleading coverage like this could be highly damaging to him and is exactly what Gary Anderson warned everyone about during last year’s World Championship.

"Saying ‘Littler loses AGAIN’ and focusing on it being a third first-round major exit in a row paints completely the wrong picture.

"He lost in the World Matchplay to Michael van Gerwen while he was beaten by Rob Cross at the World Grand Prix in which he was making his double-start debut. Neither result was anything to start panicking about.

"Although Gilding was dubbed a ‘former butcher’ by the paper’s headlines, he also won the 2023 UK Open and is ranked 21st in the world! There’s no shame in that, especially in a short format like best of 11 legs.

"Away from those events, he’s won two other titles in this time frame including the World Series of Darts Finals to take his yearly tally to nine, while last weekend he fired in three averages in excess of 110 en route to a narrow defeat to Luke Humphries in a European Tour semi-final.

"Bare in mind only Phil Taylor, MVG and Peter Wright have ever managed 10 PDC titles in a single season, Littler’s progress has been astonishing.

"We should also be very impressed by the fact Luke Littler is going to be in the top 16 before the end of his first season. That very rarely happens. Even Rob Cross didn't make the top 16 in his first year before he won the World Championship. He wasn't even in the top 20.

"It actually speaks volumes that he’s reached world number 18 despite those three first-round exits. So, if anything it shows just how good he’s been everywhere else."