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Top10 People Whose Old Tweets Came Back to Haunt Them


just because you posted a tweet a while
ago doesn’t mean you’re in the clear
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counting down our picks for the top ten
people whose old tweets came back to
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this list we’re looking at celebrities
whose past tweets have been used against
them however we are not considering
celebrities who got in trouble for
tweets shortly after they were written
number 10
zoella fashion vlogger zoe sugg better
known as zoella came under fire in 2017
for tweets she’d written as far back as
2010 these tweets disparaged gay men and
quote fat jabs as soon as the tweets
received public attention
zoella deleted them and issued an
apology where she promised to not use
such language again however critics
accused zoella of not issuing a sincere
apology since she claimed several of the
tweets quote were taken out of context
and used the tired line of apologizing
if she quote had offended anyone number
nine Ryan Raulerson after pitcher Ryan
Raulerson was selected by the Colorado
Rockies in 2018 it was discovered that
he’d written an inflammatory tweet in
2012 when he was 15 expressing
frustration toward the result of the
2012 presidential election Raulerson had
hoped that someone would shoot then
President Barack Obama in response to
the tweet Rawlinson said he was quote
immature and Rocky’s general manager
Jeff Braddock called the tweet quote
regrettable no disciplinary action was
taken but it’s disturbing to think how
one ill-advised tweet made as a teenager
could possibly jeopardize a
multi-million dollar contract
in 2016 twitter user started posting
screenshots of controversial tweets made
by blake shelton that had some of his
country music fans upset these tweets
posted between 2009 and 2012 were seen
as sexist and homophobic with the
country singer joking about richard
simmons date rape and having a quote
sick fantasy about Dakota Fanning who
was 16 years old at the time when
Shelton apologized for his tweets he
said they were the result of a quote
immature sense of humor and none of them
were based on hate number 7
Sean Newcombe this pitcher for the
Atlanta Braves got in trouble in 2018
for tweets he’d written as a teenager in
2011 many of which contained homophobic
and racial slurs Newcombe apologized for
his tweets calling them quote stupid and
insensitive but he was still required by
the Braves organization to go through
diversity training I felt that it was
important to get an apology either way
you know and some ones I found out about
it I was I was hurt the people were
offended by it I didn’t mean to hurt
anybody’s feelings or anything the
controversy surrounding Newcombe came
around the same time that other major
league ball players Josh hater and Trey
Turner also had to answer for similar
kinds of tweets that they had written
long ago number 6 Iggy Azalea first
thanks for one thing that can be said
about Iggy Azalea is that she’s very
outspoken and sometimes she can rub
people the wrong way with her comments
in 2015 azalea received criticism for
tweets that were written between 2011
and 2012 and were considered homophobic
the rapper had planned to attend a pride
event in Pittsburgh but one prominent
lgbtq+ group threatened to pull out if
she made an appearance because of the
pressure and backlash she faced she made
the decision to back out of the event
number 5 Trevor Noah
in 2015 before Trevor Noah was set to
host The Daily Show some politically
incorrect jokes Noah had made on Twitter
were brought under public scrutiny these
jokes included references to running
over a Jewish kid with a German car and
quote fat chicks getting lucky at a
party for those judging Noah by these
tweets
look like a promising successor to John
Stuart because of the insensitive nature
of the jokes some people called for
Comedy Central to deny Noah the chance
to host The Daily Show still the TV
network defended their decision and as
of 2018 Noah is still hosting the
satirical news program Comedy Central
was quick to respond as well issuing a
statement saying like many comedians
Trevor Noah pushes boundaries he is
provocative and spares no one himself
included number four Sam cedar this
comedian and political commentator
almost lost his role as an MSNBC
contributor when right-wing activist
Mike Serna vich uncovered a tweet cedar
had written in 2009 about Roman Polanski
at a glance the tweet looked like it was
in support of pedophilia but cedar had
intended it to be a satirical take on
people who stood behind Roman Polanski
despite his statutory rape of a 13 year
old girl after ceders tweet was brought
to light MSNBC originally fired him
however this action caused a public
outcry and a few days later cedar was
rehired this smear involves the willful
misinterpretation of a tweet that I
posted in 2009 I will never be ashamed
of criticizing those who would excuse
the predation of women or girls number 3
Jack Maynard while competing in the
Australian wilderness on the reality
show I’m a celebrity get me out of here
in 2017 this British YouTube star left
the programme early when news broke out
about tweets he’d sent out between 2011
and 2013 the subject matter of the
tweets included jokes about raping his
fans and the use of the n-word in
response
Maynard put out a video apologizing
first wheats many of which were written
when he was 16 and explained he’s grown
since that time I was 16 obviously you
can that like I was a kid I’ve done so
much growing up since then like a lot
has changed my entire life my entire
world number two Donald Trump my
fragrance success flying off the shelves
at Macy’s the purpose
Christmas gift all the contradiction for
the last decade
Donald Trump has used Twitter
prolifically to sound off on a whole
host of issues Trump’s critics have
often retweeted Trump to highlight
certain hypocrisy ‘he’s such as when he
expressed disdain for the electoral
college in 2012 only for him to reverse
his position in 2016 when it helped him
win the presidency according to the New
York Times special counsel Robert Mahler
is going through Trump’s past tweets
examining them for evidence of
obstruction of justice the special
counsel Robert a small are scrutinizing
tweets and negative statements from the
president about Attorney General Jeff
Sessions and the former FBI director
james B Comey according to three people
briefed on the matter
number one James Gunn prior to taking on
the guardians of the galaxy franchise
director James Gunn was known for having
a twisted subversive sense of humor
unfortunately this edgy humor backfired
on gun when old tweets from 2008 to 2011
where he made crude jokes about
pedophilia were spread by Mike’s Serna
bitch as soon as Disney found out about
these tweets they fired gun from the
production of guardians of the galaxy
vol 3 gun has since apologized for the
tweets but unlike with the Sam cedar
case he has yet to get his job back but
he was about the only family I had know
he wasn’t do you agree with our picks
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