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[ReturnOfTheRAT]

RealWillSmith that is:

http://todayentertainment.today.msn...bout-trayvon-martin-kim-kardashian-goes-viral

A fake tweet attributed to Will Smith that connected the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin to the flour bombing of Kim Kardashian has gone viral on Twitter.


The alleged tweet says "WE live in America where a girl that threw flour on Kim Kardashian was arrested on site. But the man who KILLED Trayvon Martin is still free."

A screenshot of the tweet has also circulated attributing it to the account of @RealWillSmith and including a picture of the actor. The account @RealWillSmith actually belongs to a white man from Nashville, TN.

The real Will Smith does not have a publicly known Twitter and there is no record of him saying the quote. Among the people who have retweeted the fake Smith quote are Spike Lee, Rosie O'Donnell and Omarosa.

This is not the first fake tweet associated with the killing of Trayvon Martin. The @RealFerrelWill twitter account tweeted "R.I.P. Trayvon Martin," they wrote. "For every R-T this tweet gets, $1 will be donated to the #TrayvonMartin Foundation, which helps counteract racism." Hundreds of people retweeted the offer, including Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari, before they realized it was a fake.

Oh Twitter. I fill bad for you Will. You aren't considered real.

 

[PBY]

why is this a story?

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

I wonder if there will be a Trayvon themed Lego set.

 

[Kapura]

misleading title: the thread. You swindler.

 

[MThanded]

A fake tweet attributed to Will Smith that connected the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin to the flour bombing of Kim Kardashian has gone viral on Twitter.

TheFakeWillSmith amirite?

 

[Hydranockz]

Doesn't Twitter tag officially recognised people of stature?

 

[Darklord]

 

[No_Style]

Will the real Will Smith please stand up.

 

[- J - D -]

misleading title: the thread. You swindler.

Yeah, I thought he meant Tested.com's Will Smith.

This makes no sens.

 

[Fantastical]

I immediately thought of Tested's Will Smith (@willsmith) because the actor doesn't have a Twitter. This was even weirder.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

i wonder if someday social networking sites will have like some sort of certified legitimate icon for celebrity accounts.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Shit just got @Real

 

[Gregorn]

Will Smith was the only name I recognised from that.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Lol at the article saying "the real Will Smith does not..." as if the other guys also named Will Smith are fakes or something.

 

[Harry Potter]

Oh hell no.

 

[Fantastical]

Oh hell no.

Harry Potter causing trouble on NeoGAF.

 

[Interfectum]

lol

 

[sangreal]

i wonder if someday social networking sites will have like some sort of certified legitimate icon for celebrity accounts.

Twitter already does this, don't they? thatsthejoke.jpg?

 

[eternaLightness]

Oh hell no.

The real Will Smith wouldn't say it that way.

 

[Router]

every retweet or like will help cure cancer!

 

[Enco]

Stupid title, stupid people on twitter.

 

[sixteen-bit]

i wonder if someday social networking sites will have like some sort of certified legitimate icon for celebrity accounts.

Twitter has this.

 

[2San]

Twitter has this.

I think you need to change the batteries of your sarcasm detector. Since mine is flashing like crazy.

 

[ultron87]

Can celebrities get accounts that are pretending to be them taken down?

 

[Yuripaw]

lol, this was the first thing I thought of posting when I read this thread title

 

[ghostmind]

Lol at the article saying "the real Will Smith does not..." as if the other guys also named Will Smith are fakes or something.

No kidding - as if money/celebrity makes you more of a legitimate person - highly offensive.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

I thought, "Isn't Will Smith a Republican?" And then felt bad because that shouldn't have an impact on how he might feel about Trayvon Martin.

 

[WrenchNinja]

I wonder how Will Smith feels about RealWillSmith posing as the actor Will Smith.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

We was trolled.

 

[ArjanN]

I wonder how Will Smith feels about RealWillSmith posing as the actor Will Smith.

*Inception horn*

 

[Pinko Marx]

Will Smith was the only name I recognised from that.

Spike Lee? Will Ferrel? Kim Kardashian?
All new names to you?

 

[Bay Maximus]

I thought, "Isn't Will Smith a Republican?" And then felt bad because that shouldn't have an impact on how he might feel about Trayvon Martin.

True. But an understandable train of thought given the current state of the GOP.

 

[Marleyman]

People are fucked; it never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Htown]

"WE live in America where a girl that threw flour on Kim Kardashian was arrested on site. But the man who KILLED Trayvon Martin is still free."

Huh.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Shit just got #Real

Fixed

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

Huh.

A girl threw flour (four bombed is the term) on kim K the other day and got arrested.

 

[Hot Coldman]

What did Jamie and Adam say?!

 

[Dan]

Fake or not, it's certainly an interesting point about modern America.

 

[leadbelly]

Just thinking... Will Smith must be a pretty common name.