Comedian Patton Oswalt Trolls Twitter with Fake Offensive ‘Deleted’ Jokes
As Salon.com found out last summer, comedian Patton Oswalt is a force to be reckoned with on Twitter. But today, Oswalt took his Twitter prowess to another level by posting a series of apologies for tweets he claimed to have deleted. Naturally, this sent his followers and detractors frantically searching for the deleted tweets, or just getting angry with him anyway.
In the process, he managed to imply that he had offended sufferers of Lyme disease, African-Americans, transgendered people, rape victims and more:
Oops. Just deleted my last Tweet. & would like to apologize to seniors & sufferers of Lyme disease. I was out of bounds.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
Yikes. Had to delete another Tweet. I crossed a line on that one. Also, I thought 12 YEARS A SLAVE and THE BUTLER were brilliant.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
PLEASE disregard last Tweet. Already deleted. Transphobia is hurtful, and I'm a big fan of HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
Forgive me. Previous Tweet deleted. Sorry. Yes, we all know what "grape", "ape", "tape" & "cape" rhyme with. I'm an asshole.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
Previous Tweet very hurtful. Already deleted. @KimKardashian & @JoeBiden are national treasures. As are our Native American friends.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
Another Tweet deleted. I apologize. That one was just mean. Go ahead & block me, @AnthonyCumia & @thelindywest. #tolerance
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
The FUCK is wrong with me? Last Tweet deleted. The victims of the Holocaust deserve our highest respect, not penis limericks.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
Gonna leave Twitter for a bit. Deleted my last Tweet. Just because "Don Sterling" rhymes with "Gone curling" doesn't make it funny.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
When people started complaining, Oswalt simply turned the whole thing around on them:
.@coolsexguy I didn't make a rape joke.
But YOU somehow heard one in your head. Hm.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
.@samknight1 What exactly is the "wrong part of town"? That's a pretty racist thing for you to say.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 7, 2014
Then, there were the people who understood what was going on, like this writer, who perfectly summed up the entire situation like so:
Looks like it's "@pattonoswalt weeds out people who don't understand humor" day.
— Kay Reindl (@KayReindl) May 7, 2014
[Photo via Twitter]
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