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Here are other dumb things celebrities have put on social media: **Stephen Colbert:** This tweet incited a [campaign to #CancelColbert](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/03/twitter-campaign-to-cancel-colbert-report.html). Colbert’s show deleted the tweet, which was meant to be a satirical dig against Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s newly formed Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation:  Twitter Twitter **Alec Baldwin:**The actor is known for his Twitter rants (sometimes deemed homophobic), but he was really put on the social media map for his tirade against American Airlines after he was kicked off a flight for refusing to stop playing Words With Friends:  Twitter Twitter **Gilbert Gottfried:**The comedian was [fired from his job as the voice of the Afflac duck](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/gilbert-gottfried-fired-aflac%5Fn%5F835692.html) after tweeting jokes about the tsunami in Japan:  Twitter Twitter **Madonna:** People did not react well when Madonna Instagrammed a photo of her 13-year-old son Rocco holding a gin bottle in celebration of the new year. (She said he wasn’t drinking). Days later, [Madonna had to issue an apology](http://www.buzzfeed.com/passantino/madonna-calls-her-son-the-n-word-on-instagram-deletes-commen) after referring to her son as “#disnigga” in an Instagram. The photo of Rocco boxing was later deleted. **Spike Lee**The director tweeted what he thought was the address of George Zimmerman to his 240,000 followers in February 2012\. It belonged to a unconnected Florida couple who later [sued the director.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/spike-lees-defense-tweet-lawsuit-656118) **Chris Brown** The singer’s account was deleted after he got in a [vulgar Twitter battle](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx%5Ffactor/2012/11/26/chris%5Fbrown%5Fand%5Fjenny%5Fjohnson%5Ftwitter%5Ffight%5Fthey%5Ffailed%5Fus%5Fall.html) with comedian Jenny Johnson, who has been known to make jokes about Brown’s relationship with Rihanna:  Twitter Twitter **Amanda Bynes** The former child star raised eyebrows with this one:  Twitter Twitter **Ashton Kutcher:** Kutcher had to apologize after questioning Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s firing — the actor said he was[ unaware of the sexual abuse charges](http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/11/11/penn-state-scandal-teaches-ashton-kutcher-a-google-before-you-tweet-lesson/). (Always look before you tweet):  Twitter Twitter **Russell Crowe** In 2011, Crowe came out against circumcision tweeting, “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” followed by this doozy:  Twitter Twitter **Emma Roberts**The young star had to [delete her Twitter account](http://www.eonline.com/news/186222/emma-roberts-run-off-twitter-after-team-jacob-reveal) after officially declaring herself “Team Jacob.” While this isn’t controversial to most, members of “Team Edward” were displeased to the point of harassment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/108956/celebrities-dumb-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/108956/celebrities-dumb-twitter/"},"headline":"11 Celebrities Who Have Said Really Dumb Things on Twitter","datePublished":"2014-05-22T16:15:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:39.622Z","description":"Pat Sajak, Alec Baldwin, and Amanda Bynes are only a few of the celebrities who have had some pretty serious mis-tweets","url":"https://time.com/108956/celebrities-dumb-twitter/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","Social Media","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/108956/celebrities-dumb-twitter/","name":"11 Celebrities Who Have Said Really Dumb Things on Twitter"}}]}] ```