Since its inception in 2006, it goes without saying that Twitter has go one of the most popular social media platforms in the earth. The social network boasts 284 million agile users equally of 2014.

In simply 140 characters, people tin tweet their thoughts, share pictures, ask questions, and limited their views. Among the millions of users, celebrities accept found a phonation on the social media site and have discovered a mode of connecting with their fan base. Nothing makes a fan experience more connected to their favorite glory than following them on Twitter, and even sometimes getting a mention or retweet from their favorite super star. Celebrities tend to have followers ranging in the millions, and the numbers keep to abound.

But what happens when a celebrity tweets a flake too much of their mind? Well, unfortunately for them, what has been posted is forever - even if the glory tries to delete the tweet that got them in trouble. The post-obit are the twenty most glaring examples of ill-advised, blench-worthy and even offensive tweets that celebrities take ever put out in that location on social media.

Whether they received backlash or their publicist had to rapidly dive in to do harm control, these tweets caused quite a controversy and some red faces for the celeb tweeters involved.

20 Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin's tweet may seem innocent and little enough, but there was a lot going on backside the scenes that his Twitter followers didn't know about. When Baldwin tweeted...

"Flight bellboy on American reamed me out four playing WORDS W FRIENDS while we sat at the gate, not moving, #nowonder-americaairisbankrupt"

.... while he was being escorted off the plane for refusing to stop playing the game, Words With Friends, on his iPad.

While Baldwin didn't apologize for the tweet itself, he issued an apology to his young man airplane passengers who may take been inconvenienced from his removal from the plane. Baldwin has since stepped dorsum from Twitter.

19 Orlando Jones

Orlando Jones managed to not simply tick off his fan base, but to find himself on the receiving finish of some harsh backlash for his tweet:

"Libyan Rebels kill Gaddafi, if American liberals want respect they better stop listening to Aretha & impale Sarah Palin(:"

The former MADtv star was criticized for non just promoting violence against a political figure, merely too for comparing Sarah Palin to Muammar Gaddafi. Jones was completely unapologetic well-nigh the tweet and went so far equally to recommend that if people were upset past his Twitter business relationship, then they ought not read information technology.

18 Anna Kendrick

While it seemed to exist articulate that Anna Kendrick's tweet;

""Ugh - NEVER going to a Ryan Gosling movie in a theater over again. Evidently masturbating in the back row is even so considered 'inappropriate'"

was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, some members of the public didn't call up information technology was and so funny. The annotate was retweeted over 21,000 times, which gave it more exposure than maybe the starlet had anticipated. Kendrick was criticized for the "tasteless" joke by several organizations, particularly those of conservative women, while other people applauded the joke and seemed to requite an approval nod.

What made the tweet so controversial in the first place was the fact that numerous people and news outlets thought that the star was actually serious.

17 Anthony Weiner

In that location'southward no eloquent style to draw how Anthony Weiner offended people on his Twitter; tweeted a photo of his private parts in men'south underwear for the world to come across.

The human being had once hoped to exist mayor of New York Metropolis, but with a tweet of but 24 characters that consisted of a link, his political career and public prototype were completely destroyed.

Originally, Weiner blamed the photo on hackers, merely later investigations were washed and other allegations were surfacing, the public had to face the fact that Weiner did indeed tweet the inappropriate photo. Weiner soon later on resigned from his position.

16 Kenneth Cole

This next 1 just goes to show you that celebs can't exist also careful who they put on their marketing team.

Kenneth Cole is known as being at the forefront of major manner, and someone at his firm thought it would be humorous to use the revolutions of the Arab Spring equally a marketing opportunity. They were very wrong. From Cole's official Twitter account, a tweet was sent reading;

"Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online."

The company saw the mistake and removed the tweet immediately with a sincere apology, merely in the world of the Net, it was also late. The backfire had already begun and Kenneth Cole had to practise some major harm control.

xv Roger Ebert

Anyone fan of the Jackass franchise or any of Bam Margera's shows will think the twenty-four hours that information technology was appear that Ryan Dunn was killed from drinking and driving. The fan base publicly grieved equally videos of Bam surfaced visiting the site where his best friend died.

In the midst of the grief, pic critic Roger Ebert tweeted;

"Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive",

before it was officially declared that Dunn'due south death was alcohol related. Ebert issued a argument and apology proverb that he meant no cruelty when it came to his tweet, but he stood by the statement that friends should not let friends drive drunkard.

xiv Water ice-T

When Ice-T tweeted,

"Bad Joke… But alotta those wives would brand me consider it",

he was referencing the fact that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Taylor Armstrong's husband, Russell, had committed suicide. From the prove and contempo press, the man was dealing with a lot of personal demons, a newly filed divorce, and accusations that he abused his wife. When news of his death surfaced, reality stars and celebrities tweeted out their support and condolences to Armstrong.

Merely Ice-T's insensitive tweet stuck out like a sore thumb. The "Law & Order: SVU" star and rapper's comment was not appreciated and was heavily criticized on mass media and by Armstrong's fan base of operations.

13 Keri Hilson

American singer and songwriter Keri Hilson found herself dealing with backlash and accusations of beingness insensitive later on tweeting

"*gasp* Amy Winehouse resurrected to party w/ me!!! (seriously, uncanny resemblance)"

after encountering a drunk Amy Winehouse look-a-like. Grieving Amy Winehouse fans took to Twitter to assault the vocalist. It wasn't the first time that she received backlash from Winehouse'due south fan base.

When news of Winehouse's death first became known, Hilson tweeted,  "Amy Winehouse…so tragic. I loved her. She inspired me! I kept hoping she'd find a happier place than her self destructive land…damn."

People felt that referencing the "cocky subversive" state was insensitive and cruel.

12 Scott Baio

Scott Baio managed to alienate and offend many of his followers by tweeting

"Taxes are Washed…That should feed, business firm & provide medical for a few lazy non working people at my expense. Have a great Monday!"

The pop Gawker media blog Jezebel picked up the tweet and made their disapproving opinions on Baio's tweet known, and it escalated into a nearly digital war between the web log site, Baio, and his married woman.

Then Baio'due south fan base got involved in the fight and major news organizations picked upwardly on the battle. It just goes to show you that if you're famous and you lot want to maintain all of your fans, some personal political opinions may be all-time kept private.

eleven Chris Brown

After Chris Brownish got into serious trouble for beating upward his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, he was manifestly having a hard time dealing with the public backlash against his actions. The rapper finally blew up proverb,

"I know a lot of you wack donkey (Erstwhile) celebrities probably wanna f--- my ex, merely talking sh-t on me wont get you far! and to exist Actually HONEST, ya'll wonder why ni--- spazzes all the time?"

His tweet actually raised the bar when it comes to public celebrity meltdowns. However, Brown seemed to regret his words, as his Twitter rant was deleted shortly after.

x Blake Shelton

The country music sensation plant himself at the receiving end of accusations of being homophobic after he tweeted,

"Rewriting my fav Shania Twain song.. Whatsoever man that tries Touching my backside He's gonna be a beaten, bleedin', heaving kind of guy ..."

LGBT leaders immediately criticized Blake Shelton for turning Twain's song near female person empowerment into a song near hate crimes. Shelton soon fabricated a statement apologizing for offending people, saying that his tweet was misunderstood, and that it was originally meant to exist from a female perspective. Most weren't entirely convinced past this excuse...

ix Jim Carrey

When Tiger Forest was in the midst of his infidelity scandal, everyone had some words to say on the subject field. Comedian and actor Jim Carrey was non excluded. He tweeted,

"No married woman is blind plenty to miss that much infidelity. Elin had 2 b a willing participant on the ride 4 any reason. kids/lifestyle ;^)"

The tweet was considered to be an odd Twitter attack on Wood' old wife, and information technology sparked controversy as well as a mix of negative and positive feedback from his followers. Carrey had to analyze that he was not approval of adultery and that Woods had to ready things within himself earlier trying to gear up things effectually him.

8 Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian came under massive fire from animal lovers and animal rights activists in 2010 subsequently posting a photo of herself holding a kitten past the scruff of its neck.

Perhaps it's because she is a Kardashian, or maybe it's considering she was holding the internet'south favourite animal, merely she was met with tons of accusations of animal cruelty and received much backlash for the tweeted photo. Kardashian didn't repent for her actions, merely instead basically told everyone to at-home downwardly. She stated on her web log;

"Residue bodacious, the possessor and vet were on set and showed me how to pick him up. The cat was non harmed in any way and is perfectly fine! I love animals and would never do anything to harm animals."

7 Ashton Kutcher

In 2011, at the height of the Penn Country controversy, coach Joe Paterno found himself fired for his conscious refusal to deal with Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children.

Ashton Kutcher took to Twitter to express his disgust at Paterno's firing, saying to his 8 million followers;

"How practice yous fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I discover it in poor taste."

Twitter literally blew up afterwards he made the argument and Kutcher claims that he didn't know about the sex abuse scandal before posting his tweet. After realizing his error, he made numerous remorseful statements and reminded the public about his advancement work in helping children who have been abused.

6 Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow got a lot of backlash for her tweet,

"N****s in Paris for real"

which divided the hip-hop customs. The tweet was accompanied with a photograph with Jay-Z and Kanye W. Several hip hop artists gave the extra a "free pass" to use the discussion, while other members of the customs thought the tweet was offensive and icky.

The mainstream media took the tweet and ran with the story, adding embellishments and exaggerations that only made the situation worse. However, Paltrow defended her actions maxim that the tweet was the title of a song and was taken out of controversy. The controversy was named, "N-Discussion Gate."

five CeeLo Dark-green

CeeLo Dark-green met some heat in September 2014 with his tweet,

"if someone is passed out they're non fifty-fifty WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent"

which implied that sexual assail is only sexual assault if the other person is conscious. However, despite the backlash and people openly tweeting their disgust at the singer's comments, he issued what many would phone call a non-apology. That is, he was pitiful that some were offended by his comments, and he was only trying to start a give-and-take nigh the scenario. He apologized for his comments being taken out of context, and he besides deleted his Twitter account not long after.

4 Michael Moore

Michael Moore recently tweeted several comments regarding Eastwood's latest divisive movie, "American Sniper", regarding the public reaction and idolatry of real-life protagonist, Chris Kyle. His outset annotate was:

"My uncle killed past sniper in WW2. We were taught snipers were cowards. Volition shoot u in the back. Snipers aren't heroes. And invaders r worse."

Moore did end up bankroll off, but he didn't repent for the statement. And so, he tweeted:

"Tomorrow'southward Sunday School (1) What Would Jesus Do? Oh, I know what he'd do — hide on top of a roof and shoot people in the dorsum!" and proceeded to tweet several more than comments regarding his thoughts on the Christ-like pedestal that Chris Kyle has been set upon by traditional American audiences. Many more than liberal commentators took Moore's side, but plenty of right fly fans of the film were incensed.

3 Gilbert Gottfried

In 2011, Japan was devastated by a massive tsunami that cost thousands of lives and destroyed the worlds of many others. The earth was mourning. But Gilbert Gottfried was making light of the situation by tweeting from @RealGilbert saying,

"Japan is actually advanced. They don't get to the beach. The beach comes to them."

But he didn't just finish there, he continued to post a series of tsunami jokes, much to the cloy of the public. The Twitter joking ended upward costing his job with Aflac as the voice of the Aflac duck. Gottfried did somewhen release an apology, but many felt it was too little likewise late.

two 50 Cent

Gilbert Gottfriend wasn't the just i who was tweeting remarks well-nigh the Japan tsunami. Rapper fifty Cent also had his own banter with tweets saying,

"Wave will hit 8am them crazy white boys gonna try to become surfing" / "Its all practiced Till b*tches come across there [sic] christian louboutins floating down da street sh*t gone become crazy."

But unlike Gottfried, 50 Cent didn't apologize for his words, instead stating that he does it for shock value and it'due south upward to yous whether you like it or hate it. Whether it was his original remark, or the fact that he was unapologetic, 50 Cent'south approach to this natural disaster tainted his reputation significantly.

ane Jason Biggs

Jason Biggs found himself in hot water later he tweeted from his business relationship @JasonBiggs,

"Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?"

This tweet occurred 65 minutes after it was announced that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had crashed. Needless to say, the timing of the tweet, combined with the content, came beyond every bit insensitive, heartless, and making lite of a tragic situation.

Immediately after the tweet was posted, followers began to reply with their disgust over Biggs' words. The offensive tweet was presently deleted and Biggs issued a four role Twitter apology, which was fairly well-received past the public.

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