Zac Efron found himself grateful for two things on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day yesterday: the life and achievements of Dr. King, and hitting over 10 million followers on Instagram.

No, seriously:

I'm grateful for a couple things today: Martin Luther King Jr & 10 million followers on IG #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/R373JoVspQ

— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) January 19, 2016

And because of course he did, Efron got mocked a lot over that tweet:

gotcha but if u had 2 pick 1… “@ZacEfron: I'm grateful for a couple things today: Martin Luther King Jr & 10 million followers on IG "

— Pillar Point (@Pillar_Point) January 19, 2016

.@ZacEfron pic.twitter.com/8UmfbEPc60

— anthony smith (@anthny) January 19, 2016

@ZacEfron @Nickrob maybe those should have been two separate posts?

— chris goodwin (@christhegoods) January 19, 2016

.@ZacEfron this national holiday should really celebrate YOUR contributions to society, such as

…

— James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) January 19, 2016

.@ZacEfron Looks like you almost give a shit about #MLK. That's like tweeting about a pimple after 9/11.

— Kyle Hill (@kaleazy) January 19, 2016

@ZacEfron Whoever you're paying for social media advice, here's some for free: delete this post

— e.j. friedman (@loudersoft) January 19, 2016

s/o to Zac Efron's fans staying UNFLAPPABLE in the face of bad taste. keeping that insta ttl at 10 mill IS the Dream Dr King spoke about.

— Paul Danke (@pauldanke) January 19, 2016

There’s also a lot of angry tweets from people demanding he take part in the High School Musical reunion. So yeah.

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