Nelson Mandela died yesterday, at the age of 95 after spending his life to making the world a better place instead of, say, making a reality TV show about how rich people are better than stupid poor folks. Which brings us to Paris Hilton, who’s none too pleased that a fake tweet about her confusing Mandela with Martin Luther King Jr. made the rounds. Although let’s be honest: She kind of dropped off the face of the Earth. She should be thankful anyone remembers her name. “London? Milan? I think her name is Tokyo. You know? Let’s just call her Minneapolis.” Via GossipCop …
A Photoshopped tweet — fake but made to look like it had been written by Hilton — began circulated, and read: “RIP Nelson Mandela. Your ‘I Have A Dream’ speech was so inspiring. An amazing man.” Except that was NOT actually Hilton — just a hoax, apparently started by the @DeletedTweets account. The real Hilton was on a flight to Miami when news about Mandela broke, and when she learned about the phony tweet making the rounds, she was understandably upset.
Well of course it’s fake: You’re assuming that Paris knows who Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King Jr. are. Or that she would care about them enough to Tweet about them. It’s so much that I believe in Paris, so much as I just believe in how awful she can be. That’s the smart money bet.
Just landed & heard the sad new about Nelson Mandela. He was a true Hero & the world is a better place because of him. May he rest in peace.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) December 5, 2013
Whoever made that stupid fake tweet lacks respect to the loss the world is mourning right now. Same goes for all the blogs who ran with it.
— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) December 5, 2013