It’s only three weeks into 2016 and we already have our 50th social media outrage scandal of the new year. Last night, on Martin Luther King Day, movie star Zac Efron tweeted out that he’s thankful for the late, great civil rights leader AND having 10 million followers on Instagram:
https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/689283451241889792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Needless to say, a self-masturbatory vanity metric about your social media followers with gratitude for the most charismatic leader of the Civil Rights movement didn’t sit well with a lot of people:
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
— anthøny (@anthny) January 19, 2016
@ZacEfron @Nickrob maybe those should have been two separate posts?
— Chris Goodwin (@christhegoods) January 19, 2016
@JamesSantelli @ZacEfron Glad those priorities are in order and MLK was first….
— Mike J. Asti (@MikeAsti11) January 19, 2016
But the REAL thing that America’s public is concerned about is why Efron blew off the 10th anniversary reunion of High School Musical, a movie that put him on the proverbial map. I can only assume he blew off said High School Musical reunion for the same reason I blew off my 10-year high school reunion: I didn’t give a shit.
https://twitter.com/shadyboyband/status/689284001908002816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/zoellaxflowers/status/689284129968373760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/allison_nr/status/689285920420278272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@ZacEfron COACH SAID TO FAKE RIGHT AND BREAK LEFT INTO THE REUNION
— 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞 𝔟 (@BarlitaB) January 19, 2016
@ZacEfron COACH SAID TO FAKE RIGHT AND BREAK LEFT INTO THE REUNION
— 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔞 𝔟 (@BarlitaB) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/FreddyAmazin/status/689135523441455104
Glad we all have something to get mad about in 2016.