Twitter allows anyone to share their thoughts in real-time and connect with hilarious strangers/future boos/business contacts but it can also get you FIRED (and ruin your life) if you’re not careful with your words.
Here are ten celebs who were fired over tweets. Take a look.[bossip_ad_a]
Justine Sacco
It only took one incredibly-racist tweet for the privileged ex-P.R. exec to lose everything. But she’ll be aight. Her father is a billionaire.[bossip_ad_a]
Teyana Taylor
The strong-faced tomboyista was a victim of Twitter hype who lost her Adidas gig after joking about Rih-Rih’s domestic abuse during their infamous Twitter beef.[bossip_ad_a]
Larry Johnson
The troubled Pro Bowl RB was suspended by the Kansas City Chiefs after dissing the coaching staff/tweeting a slur and later cut when 32,000 fans petitioned the team to release him.[bossip_ad_a]
Rep. Anthony Weiner
That awkward moment when a public official tweets a pic of his man meat, claims he was “hacked” and shamefully resigns. [bossip_ad_a]
Rashard Mendenhall
The ex-Steelers RB was suspended by the team and dropped by Hanesbrand after controversial Bin Laden tweets. [bossip_ad_a]
Gilbert Gottfried
The painfully-annoying comedian tweeted terribly unfunny jokes about the Japanese tsunami and was quickly fired by Aflac. He was the voice of the Aflac duck.[bossip_ad_a]
Mike Bacsik
The ex-MLB pitcher got wasted and tweeted this after the Mavericks’ heartbreaking Game 4 loss in the 2010 NBA playoffs. He was promptly fired from The “Ticket” radio show on KTCK-AM in Texas. [bossip_ad_a]
Jofi Joseph
The senior White House official (who was helping negotiate nuclear issues with Iran) was fired for sending hundreds of troll tweets from the @NatSecWonk handle.[bossip_ad_a]
Stuart MacLennan
The UK politician was dropped by Britain’s governing Labour Party after several “deeply-offensive” tweets. [bossip_ad_a]
Catherine Deveny
The “interesting looking” Australian comedienne (who also wrote for Melbourne’s The Age) was fired by the paper’s editor after slandering several celebs attending an Australian awards show.
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