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Has a celebrity on Twitter ever disappointed you with their behaviour?
This thread is inspired by the topic about The Wanted's fued with 1D, but also by the fact that I've just unfollowed Mark Gatiss due to his really nasty comments following Thatcher's death. Now, obviously celebs are entitled to express opinions like everyone else but when these celebs are working professionals who set something of an example to people due to their media presence I do think they should be able to be mature enough to think about what they're saying.
I'm actually really considering ditching Twitter (and Facebook) as although it can be useful, I find it's showing me a side of people I'd rather not see.
I'd hate to be a celebrity in this age of social media. At least as a "regular" person I don't feel like I have to promote myself unless I want to.
I'm actually really considering ditching Twitter (and Facebook) as although it can be useful, I find it's showing me a side of people I'd rather not see.
I'd hate to be a celebrity in this age of social media. At least as a "regular" person I don't feel like I have to promote myself unless I want to.
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To be serious, yeah often, but that's the whole point of twitter, so easy to unfollow. No fuss, no muss.
I mostly tend to unfollow celebrities due to excessive retweets/promotional tweets rather than nasty behaviour, though. I guess I don't really follow people that provoke a lot of drama.
As the old saying goes - you should never meet your heroes.
The modern version could be - you should never follow your heroes on twitter.
I also follow Louise Mensch and she annoys me everyday.... i may have to unfollow her soon too.
I haven't seen anything 'really nasty' from Mark Gatiss.
I unfollowed Caitlin Moran for the same reason.
Also John Prescott for his excessive retweeting.
Mark Gatiss because of his sychophantic followers
And Lewis Hamilton for tweeting gibberish.
It depends on whether you think celebrating someone's death is cool or not, I suppose?
He did nothing of the sort. He made a statement of fact - at least that's all I saw. He said something like 'I remember being told she was gone - now she really has'. How is that celebratory? It could be taken however one wishes.
I couldn't agree less with either!
I've been lucky enough to meet a few famous people I really like and they've been really nice. Likewise I've had replies and 'favourites' on Twitter; most of the people I follow seem to be really lovely, and I actually end up liking them more than ever!
One person who did disapoint me on Twitter was Laura Hamilton - she cancelled some shows she had signed up to appear in and didn't apologise until several days afterwards, meaning that people went expecting to see her and were disapointed. She did a similar thing again a few months later so I unfollowed her.
He also gleefully reminisced about her leaving Downing St all those years ago in 1991. The tweets came across as smug and mocking. But different people may see it differently, I guess.
I see he has since made a self-deprecating (hardly gleeful) post about him watching her resignation by himself when rolling news was still a novelty. He doesn't say he enjoyed it - merely that he remembers the day. Many people do. I see no issue there - most of the country were happy to see her go by the end of her tenure - including her own party. It's a matter of public record, whether one agreed with her, in hindsight, or not.
I think you're being a touch oversensitive about what he said - however, it's your prerogative to read into his comments what you wish. I HAVE seen some genuinely nasty stuff about her, though, which is a shame (and I'm absolutely no fan of her politics or legacy - I just don't see the need for celebration of death).
me too,
I also stopped following joan Collins after 2 weeks as all she did was RT compliments from others to her:yawn: all the time!
Yeah, I don't really see what he said can be seen as unpleasant.
#unfollowsMarkGatiss
Yes, agree with this, it's so one-note. I'm an agnostic, I have no wish for this constant diatribe.
He also talks to Piers, so double the reason to unfollow.
I think we're going to have to disagree here, if you don't mind.
Still, the thread is proving to be an interesting read. Certainly more interesting than the things some people post on Twitter!
It came across as gloating to me, but I'm happy to disagree with those who see differently.
I can't stand Ricky Gervais anyway but I would be very quick t unfollow anyone who either
A) Goes on about how much God/Jesus loves you
Goes on anti-religious tirades day in, day out
Both extremes are tedious as ****
Really?? Ive just had a look & either hes deleted a load of stuff or you're really sensitive.
Re: Thatchers death... Mark Gatiss is a comedian. Comedians (mostly) hate the Tories. Hence comedians will be rude to Thatcher on the day of her death.
If anti Thatcher comments annoy anyone I suggest people avoid Twitter over the next few days.