It's been a cracking year for celebrity slip-ups and political gaffes on Twitter. We managed to wittle it down to the best 18.
Social Media Mishaps 2014
UKIP complains about the alphabet(01 of18)
In July, Gary Robinson accused the political establishment of conspiring against his party because his name was at the bottom of the ballot paper.
A ballot paper which was organised alphabetically by party name.
Maybe consider defecting to the Animal Welfare Party or the Alliance For Workers' Liberty, Gary? (credit:Twitter)
A ballot paper which was organised alphabetically by party name.
Maybe consider defecting to the Animal Welfare Party or the Alliance For Workers' Liberty, Gary? (credit:Twitter)
Durex: 23% of women who say no eventually give consent(02 of18)
Durex Thailand offered 3 separate apologies after posting this picture to Facebook.
According to Forbes, the English translation of this text says: "28% of women who say no give in at the end."Cue three separate apologies and a very strong public backlash. (credit:Durex)
According to Forbes, the English translation of this text says: "28% of women who say no give in at the end."Cue three separate apologies and a very strong public backlash. (credit:Durex)
Cameron's super serious phone picture(03 of18)
It was the picture that launched a thousand selfies - David Cameron's twitter account posted a very serious picture of him having a very serious conversation about a very serious issue.
Buuuut with his adorable little face nobody really took it that way.
Celebrities from Rob Delaney to Sir Patrick Stewart responded with their own versions of the picture, sparking a storm of satirical selfies.
The PM even tried to send a bit of banter back to Sir Patrick, but it really wasn't very funny. (credit:Twitter)
Buuuut with his adorable little face nobody really took it that way.
Celebrities from Rob Delaney to Sir Patrick Stewart responded with their own versions of the picture, sparking a storm of satirical selfies.
@SirPatStew @robdelaney @David_Cameron @BarackObama Ok, guys, thanks for holding. pic.twitter.com/ih36KWU3Tb
— Michael Moreno (@MacMoreno) March 5, 2014The PM even tried to send a bit of banter back to Sir Patrick, but it really wasn't very funny. (credit:Twitter)
UKIP thinks Westminster Cathedral is a mosque(04 of18)
The Daily Politics was filming a report where it asked people on the street if they thought Nigel Farage could hack it as PM.
A UKIP South Thanet tweeter jumped to attack the BBC for its "selective" choice of location, alleging that being outside a mosque would affect the outcome.
Except they weren't outside a mosque, they were outside an historic cathedral.
The slip-up prompted a vastly popular informational hashtag, #ThingsThatAreNotMosques. (credit:Twitter)
A UKIP South Thanet tweeter jumped to attack the BBC for its "selective" choice of location, alleging that being outside a mosque would affect the outcome.
Except they weren't outside a mosque, they were outside an historic cathedral.
The slip-up prompted a vastly popular informational hashtag, #ThingsThatAreNotMosques. (credit:Twitter)
James Franco flirts with a 17-year-old(05 of18)
36-year-old movie veteran Franco landed himself in hot water this year after flirting with an underaged girl on Instagram.
Scottish student Lucy Corde was visiting the USA, where the age of consent for many states is 18.
He issued an apology, saying "social media is tricky" (credit:Instagram)
Scottish student Lucy Corde was visiting the USA, where the age of consent for many states is 18.
He issued an apology, saying "social media is tricky" (credit:Instagram)
Emily Thornberry's 'Image from Rochester'(06 of18)
Labour shadow cabinet minister Emily Thornberry was called a snob, forced to apologise, and eventually resigned over this tweet.
The response was swift, including someone from The Sun putting a flag outside Thornberry's Islington home. (credit:Twitter)
The response was swift, including someone from The Sun putting a flag outside Thornberry's Islington home. (credit:Twitter)
The Dignity Project said JK Rowling was a #bitch(07 of18)
The Dignity Project is a charity which helped JK Rowling before she was famous. Now a world-renowned author, Rowling decided to donate £1 million to the Better Together campaign.
The charity, claiming they were victims of a "hack", sent out a tweet saying "What a #bitch after we gave her shelter in our city when she was a single mum."
The result was a rapid apology and an investigation by a charity regulator. (credit:Twitter)
The charity, claiming they were victims of a "hack", sent out a tweet saying "What a #bitch after we gave her shelter in our city when she was a single mum."
The result was a rapid apology and an investigation by a charity regulator. (credit:Twitter)
Karl McCartney favourited all that porn(08 of18)
This Tory MP got into trouble when people noticed he had been favouriting a lot of naughty tweets...His defence was along the lines of "I don't even use the favourite button!"Sure Karl. Sure. (credit:Twitter)
US Airways tweet doesn't fly(10 of18)
In a response to a customer query, someone at US Airways accidentally copied the wrong link into a tweet.
Rather than copying a link to the customer service section of their site, they copied a link to a picture of a woman doing something naughty with a model plane.
Awkward. (credit:Twitter)
Rather than copying a link to the customer service section of their site, they copied a link to a picture of a woman doing something naughty with a model plane.
Awkward. (credit:Twitter)
Rachel Johnson abuses her brother's boss(11 of18)
Another victim of hacking, Boris Johnson's sister Rachel's account tweeted at David Cameron "why are you such an egg-faced cunt?" (credit:Twitter)
British embassy celebrates burning White House(12 of18)
You know how it is, you've had a few beers with lunch and you decide to have a bit of fun on your company's Twitter account.
Except you work for the UK Embassy to the US and your hilarious drunken joke is about burning down the White House.
Oopsie. Not such a great idea. (credit:Twitter)
Except you work for the UK Embassy to the US and your hilarious drunken joke is about burning down the White House.
Oopsie. Not such a great idea. (credit:Twitter)
BNP post arsey tweet a day late(13 of18)
Attempting to hijack a national day of remembrance and be all high-and-mighty about it, the extreme right wing party decided to schedule a tweet in advance of the two minute silence.But a date like 11/11 was too complicated for them, and they accidentally scheduled it for the day after.Cue the party looking sillier than Nick Griffin with egg on his face (as usual). (credit:Twitter)
Labour queer poem(14 of18)
Tory MP Matt Hancock accidentally RT'd this, which is obviously not something you want to do. (credit:Twitter)
Dawkins' Down Syndrome tweet(15 of18)
Twitter got itself in a bit of a tizzy when famous atheist Richard Dawkins said that giving birth to a baby with Down Syndrome was "immoral" if you already knew during the pregnancy.He did apologise, but only a bit. (credit:Twitter)
#MyNYPD backfires(16 of18)
The New York Police Department asked people on social media to upload pictures of them with police officers to show their pride in the force, but it backfired when the response was overwhelming full of pictures of police brutality. (credit:Twitter)
TOWIE star apologises for spliff picture(17 of18)
Essex girl Lauren Goodger was forced to issue an apology after posting this picture of herself with a rather suspicious looking cigarette in her mouth:
She deleted the picture quickly, and tweeted: "Sorry for any offence caused from stupid pic last night, messing about posing as Rihanna with unlit rolled up cigarette. I don't condone drugs."
Right. (credit:Instagram)
She deleted the picture quickly, and tweeted: "Sorry for any offence caused from stupid pic last night, messing about posing as Rihanna with unlit rolled up cigarette. I don't condone drugs."
Right. (credit:Instagram)
DiGiorno: hashtag hijackers(18 of18)
Companies often jump on trending topics to pick up a bit of free brand exposure, but pizza company DiGiorno did it without checking what the hashtag was about.
#WhyIStayed was trending as people shared stories of domestic abuse, but the company's tweet simply said "You had pizza".
At least they'll check before they try to hijack a hashtag any time soon. (credit:Twitter)
#WhyIStayed was trending as people shared stories of domestic abuse, but the company's tweet simply said "You had pizza".
At least they'll check before they try to hijack a hashtag any time soon. (credit:Twitter)