The Top 11 Twitter Faux Pas of 2011
The Hollywood Reporter ran an interesting slide show featuring the “11 Worsst Twitter Gaffes of 2011.” To make it easier to see and appreciate, I included them with THR’s commentary here for your review.
1. Alec Baldwin: “theresalwaysunited Last flight with American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950′s find jobs as flight attendants.”
The 30 Rock star’s feud with American Airlines over his getting kicked off a flight for playing Words With Friends before takeoff was largely entertaining — until this rather low blow enraged the airline’s union employees.
2. Asthon Kutcher: “How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste.”
Later claiming he wasn’t aware of the child-abuse allegations, Kutcher was the only one on twitter defending the Penn State football coach. The backlash prompted the actor to (temporarily) relinquish control of his account to his management.
3. Gilbert Gottfried: “I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, ‘They’ll be another one floating by any minute now.’”
In the wake of the devastating Japanese tsunami, the comedian’s joke did not sit well with longtime employer Aflac. The Insurance group fired Godfried as the voice of their spokesduck.
4. Anthony Weiner: [insert photo here]
Now painfully aware that you cannot DM a photo, Weiner no longer holds elected office.
5. Kurt Sutter: “why darabont got fired - weiner. he held AMC hostage, broke their bank, budgets were slashed, shit rolled down hill onto gilligan and frank”
The Sons of Anarchy (FX) showrunner blamed cable colleague Mad Men’s Matt Weiner, for the firing of Walking Dead showrunner Frank Darabont and Breaking Bad showrunner Vince Gilligan’s stalled contract negotiations. The ensuing drama prompted him to briefly abandon self-publishing.
6. Karine Vanasse: “Well, we received THE call, #PanAm is only coming back for one ore episode after Christmas. But up to the end, we’ll give it our all!”
Not that many weren’t expecting the demise of ABC freshman series Pan Am, but the series star broke the news before the network was ready to announce its hiatus.
7. Ice-T: “Bad joke… But alotta those wives would make m consider it.”
The actor’s reaction to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills husband Russell Armstrong’s suicide didn’t sit well with many.
8, Russell Crowe: “many Jewish friends, I love my Jewish friends, I love the apples and the honey and the funny little hats but stop cutting yr babies @eliroth.”
In a showing of opposition to circumcision and his support for “the perfection of babies,” the actor later said he was just joking with Eli Roth.9. Charlie Sheen: “310-954-7277 Call me bro. C.”
The former Two and a Half Men star, who gained 5 million followers in his first year on the site, tried to send his digits to Justin Bieber and made them public instead.10. James Franco: “Bruce, he let me down.”
The Oscar co-host blamed show writer Bruce Vilanch for his widely panned performance. He later backpedaled.11. Nicole Crowther: “K is PQ and Ka is PK”
An unknown extra, Crowther’s coded Glee spoiler revealed that characters Kurt and Dave would be prom queen and prom king. She was fired from the show — and deleted her account.What about you? Have any to add?
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