Times Famous People Blamed Hackers For Their Social Media Gaffes

By Johny in Entertainment On 3rd December 2016

We’re all human and many of us have shared something or posted something we instantly regretted on social media. Fortunately, most of us are also mature enough to own up to our mistakes and apologize, but it appears that some celebrities are still learning the art of gracefully admitting when they’re wrong. Hilarious list of celebrities and public figures who have tried to blame a hacker on their social media gaffe. Click through to see the many famous faces who have used the “hacked” excuse and failed miserably.

#1 Amanda Bynes – Ugly Cudi

In April 2013, Bynes lashed out at Complex magazine and accused rapper Kid Cudi of leaking stories to them in several explicit tweets. Bynes wrote, "You're dk-whipped by my ugly ex @ducidni (Kid Cudi) whose looks and talent have always been questionable to me, him being the ugly duckling that he is and all." In June, over a month later, the former Nickelodeon child star suddenly had a change of heart and tweeted, "I want to apologize to Scott Mescudi. My account was hacked, I didn't call him ugly. He's not ugly. He's gorgeous and we dated! I love him."

#2 Alicia Keys – The BlackBerry Debacle

In 2013, the "Girl On Fire" singer experienced a different kind of heat when she landed in hot water over an embarrassing social media blunder. It all started when Keys posted a tweet of lyrics to Drake's hit "Started From The Bottom." The tweet was posted from her iPhone and said, "Started from the bottom now were here!" The tweet was quickly deleted and replaced with Keys' explanation. "What the h*ll?!!!! Looks like I've been hacked," said Keys. "I like @Drake but that wasn't my tweet :-(."

#3 Soulja Boy – An Instagram Mess

The drama unfolded when Soulja Boy went on an Instagram posting spree to share pics of him with India Westbrooks. Westbrooks caught tweeted that she had never been with the "Crank Dat" rapper. Soulja Boy's response was that although they may not have dated, he still "smashed" her more than once and he had the video to prove it. Westbrooks called his bluff and that's when Soulja Boy finally made good on his threat. He posted a screenshot of the alleged sex tape on Twitter writing, "Fk u India u a Sl*t." It wasn't long before Soulja Boy deleted the tweet and posted a string of bizarre tweets claiming to have been hacked. Soon all those tweets were deleted as well.

#4 Chad Johnson – Criticized The NFL

Chad Javon Johnson, formerly Chad Ochocinco, has claimed to have his Twitter account hacked on multiple occasions. In 2010, Johnson criticized the NFL's new rules in a tweet saying, "OCNNBreakingNews Due to the many rule changes there has also been a name change, NFL no longer, NFFL = National Flag Football League." The Bengals' wide receiver must have realized his tweet broke the NFL's code of conduct policy because suddenly a bizarre explanation appeared for the harmless post. Within minutes, Johnson posted a tweet to Roger Goodell, the Commissioner of the National Football League, claiming that someone had hacked his account. "Dad my account was hacked for a matter of 5 minutes while i was cooking just giving you a heads up," said Johnson. "U raised me better than that."

#5 Rita Ora – SMH

She posted a tweet saying, "Dropping my new song monday if this gets 100,000 retweets." The tweet garnered less than 2,000 retweets and was quickly deleted. Ora then retweeted a fan who wrote, "where her 3.9m followers at when you need them smh," but that was also removed. Deleting the tweets is embarrassing enough, but Ora only made matters worse by claiming the posts were the result of hackers. "By the way my Twitter got hacked somebody is threatening to release new music I've worked really hard on," said Ora. "Nothing comes out until I'm ready." In another post, Ora added, "Luckily I caught the hacker really quickly and deleted the post. Thank you!!"

#6 Anthony Weiner – The Accidental Leak

Politician Anthony Weiner has been involved in three highly publicized sexting scandals. The scandal started in May 2011 when Weiner accidentally tweeted a link to a photo of his erect penis in boxer briefs. The link was quickly removed, but not before screengrabs were captured of course. The ensuing firestorm in the media forced Weiner to address the post which he claimed were the results of hackers. "I was hacked. It happens to people. You move on," said Weiner. One week later, Weiner was singing a different tune when he gave a tearful press conference admitting to "inappropriate communication" with multiple women. Ten days later, Weiner officially resigned from Congress apologizing for "the personal mistakes I have made and for the embarrassment I have caused."

#7 Chipotle – The Fake Hack That Wasn’t

In July 2013, Chipotle's main Twitter account began posting a series of odd, completely random tweets. In a subsequent interview with Mashable, a Chiplotle representative admitted to faking an account hack saying, "We thought that people would pay attention, that it would cut through people's attention and make them talk, and it did that." In fact, to say Chipotle's hacker hoax was a success would be a huge understatement!

#8 Santonio Holmes – Blamed Hacker For Bullying Follower

The former Superbowl MVP had a lawsuit filed against him over a March incident in which a woman accused Holmes of throwing a glass at her in an Orlando nightclub. Holmes exchanged words with the Twitter follower and Steelers fan saying, "y u tryna make me look like the bad guy. U shud try finding the worst thing that you could drink n kill urself." The controversial tweet was immediately condemned by numerous followers who found it to be extremely offensive. After removing the tweet, Holmes alluded to the fact that it was the result of being hacked. "It wasn't me," Holmes said. "I never tried to defend myself on that topic among anyone on Twitter or among anyone that tried to ask me for interviews. I would definitely be accountable for my actions if I did say it."

#9 Irina Rodnina – Barack And The Banana Scandal

Russian politician and figure skater Irina Rodnina was the center of a racism scandal when she tweeted a doctored photo of President Obama and The First Lady staring at a banana. Rodnina deleted the tweet, she refused to apologize for posting it in the first place saying, "Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, and you should answer for your own hang-ups." However, FIVE months later, Rodnina suddenly had a bizarre explanation for the racist image. "My account was hacked," said Rodnina. "I should have shown better judgement in my initial response and handling of the event."

#10 Linda Sorenson – The Racist Obama Meme

In May 2016, the Colorado GOP Chairwoman shared a meme of President Ronald Reagan bottle-feeding a chimpanzee. The image featured accompanying text that said, "I'll be damned Reagan used to babysit Obama." In an interview with BigMedia.com, Sorenson called the post a joke and said, "I really don't care if people are offended by it. This whole thing is a hoax. Someone got into the Facebook somehow, said Vic Ullrey. It was hacked and somebody got into it, definitely."

#11 Carmelo Anthony – Threatens Twitter User, Blames Hacker

The drama began when internet celebrity Kat Stacks sent out a harmless tweet asking Anthony if he tasted like Caramel. Carmelo's wife, LaLa Valasquez, took personal offense at the exchange and waged a Twitter war against Stacks. It wasn't long before Anthony saw it his duty to jump into the drama with a vicious tweet of his own saying, "I got 5k for whoever see @ihatekatstacks and slap the s**t out her pigeon face a**. Real talk. U f****d with the right one now." Proud wifey Vasquez tweeted, "Okay my husband is on a twitter roll right nowLOL," but the roll was short-lived as Carmelo eventually deleted the criminal threat and replaced it with a lame "hacked" excuse. "Im back on! My account was hacked," said Anthony. "Thanks twitter for getting me str8. Jst finished my first movie in China now im headed back to the States."

#12 Hooters – Makes Light Of Assault Cases

In May 2014, Hooters shared a tasteless meme on their official Facebook page that generated immediate and widespread outrage. The offensive image showed a young woman pointing to her private area and featured the caption: "Exhibit A: The proof that she was asking for it, your Honour." Unsurprisingly, it wasn't long before Hooters deleted the post and cried "hacked!" They posted a lengthy apology and explanation to Facebook saying, "Today, our Facebook page was hacked and all admin rights were suspended. We apologize for the unauthorized posts made and are distressed by the insensitive material that was posted out of our control. Hooters does not share these opinions. As of 7 p.m. EST, we have regained admin rights to our page and are working closely with Facebook to investigate the matter."

#13 Marilyn Mosby – She “Favorited” The Wrong Tweets

Marilyn Mosby endorsed two controversial tweets that may suggest there is truth to reports that she was biased against the officers involved in the Freddie Gray case. The first tweet called the charged officers "thugs" and read, "AMETIA: SA @MarilynMosbyEsq only revealed what was RELEVANT to charge those 6 THUG cops. Nothing more, nothing less. #FreddieGray." Not long after, Mosby favorited another tweet reading, "Didn't I say last week that @MarilynMosbyEsq, prima facie, probably INFURIATES a certain kind of white person? Now come the long knives." As the favorited tweets came to light in the media, Mosby's office claimed that both were the result of her Twitter account being hacked.

#14 Dallas Nicole Parks – Throws Major Shade Toward Dak Prescott

The blonde bombshellappropriately named Dallas Nicole Parksrecently shared a happy photo of herself cheering on her man at a Dallas Cowboys match. Who's to say what changed, but just a few hours later Parks began posting several angry tweets about Prescott. She fired off explicit posts telling her followers to go to Prescott if "you wanna be treated like st" and accusing him of being fake saying, "Just for all you fans of dp..he isn't who you think he is. It's called fake it until you make it in his world." Eventually the tweets were deleted and Prescott tried to make light of the drama saying, "Someone hacked my phone last night oops sorry #ithappens #ifyouseetitoshideyourphone."

#15 Sid Miller – Call Hillary Clinton A Derogatory Term

The office of Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller had some major damage control to do after he shared a tweet calling Hillary Clinton a "ct." The tweet ended by saying, "Go Trump Go!" The tweet was deleted 10 minutes after it was being shared, but the damage was done. However, Miller disputed this explanation minutes later and claimed the deleted tweet was a mistake made by a campaign staffer. An official statement from Miller's office has no mention of hacking and instead says "the campaign was retweeting information on Twitter today and inadvertently retweeted a tweet that they were not aware contained a derogatory term." Miller said he was "sorry it happened."

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