6 Cringy Celebrity Social Media Posts That Almost Killed Their Careers

Justine Sacco – The Tweet Written On A Plane

Before she boarded a flight from London to Cape Town, PR executive Justine Sacco tweeted a “joke” to her 170 followers: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!”. By the time her plane landed 11 hours later, the tweet had gone viral, she was the number one trending topic on Twitter, and she had been fired from her job. It was the original “canceled mid-flight” disaster and still stands as a warning to anyone who thinks a private account means private consequences.