Thursday 10 November 2011

Ashton Kutcher Quits Twitter After Paterno Tweet

After making an accidental inappropriate comment on Twitter about Joe Paterno, the Two and Half Men star has decided to stop tweeting. NOTE TO ASHTON KUTCHER -- THINK BEFORE YOU TWEET...THE SOCIAL MEDIA GURU REALLY STEPPED IN IT THIS TIME... THE TWO AND A HALF MEN STAR STUCK HIS FOOT FIRMLY INTO HIS MOUTH ON WEDNESDAY -- AND WOUND UP INSERTING HIMSELF INTO THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY. WHEN ASHTON HEARD JOE PATERNO WAS FIRED FROM PENN STATE -- HE TWEETED THIS TO HIS 8-MILLION FOLLOWERS, "How do you fire Jo Pa? #insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste," WOW! HE OBVIOUSLY HAD NO CLUE THE COACH WAS UNDER FIRE FOR POSSIBLY COVERING UP AN ALLEGED SEX ABUSE SCANDAL. AND HIS FOLLOWERS RIPPED HIM TO SHREDS... ASHTON BACKPEDALED BIG-TIME, ADMITTING HE DIDN'T KNOW THE FULL STORY, AND REMINDING HIS FOLLOWERS THAT, "As an advocate in the fight against child sexual exploitation, I could not be more remorseful for all involved in the Penn St. case." AND THEN CAME THE SELF-IMPOSED TWEET BAN... "As of immediately I will stop tweeting until I find a way to properly manage this feed. I feel awful about this error. Won't happen again." ABOUT 10 HOURS LATER, ASHTON OFFERED UP THIS NOTE ABOUT "TWITTER MANAGEMENT," AND SAID HE WAS TURNING OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF HIS TWITTER FEED TO HIS MEDIA COMPANY. BUT HERE'S THE KICKER..."My sincere apologies to anyone who I offended. It was a mistake that I don't think will NOT happen again. ONE MORE NOTE TO SELF, ASHTON, USE...PROOF READ.

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