Here's perhaps the best advice one could give a celebrity trying to navigate the world of social media: Think before you tweet, and choose your words carefully. For you will be judged.
Us Weekly reports that Justin Timberlake is the latest celebrity to feel the wrath of Twitter, after he wished Madonna a happy 56th birthday on Aug. 16. His choice of words didn't sit well with many:
"A happiest of Bdays to my mother chucking ninja, @Madonna!! Hope you have a great one, M!" Timberlake reportedly wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted.
Almost immediately, Twitter users began calling out the 33-year-old singer for his use of the word, which is viewed by many a still-troublesome substitute for the word "n****":
Timberlake has since deleted the tweet and most recently retweeted:
Us Weekly reports that Justin Timberlake is the latest celebrity to feel the wrath of Twitter, after he wished Madonna a happy 56th birthday on Aug. 16. His choice of words didn't sit well with many:
"A happiest of Bdays to my mother chucking ninja, @Madonna!! Hope you have a great one, M!" Timberlake reportedly wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted.
Almost immediately, Twitter users began calling out the 33-year-old singer for his use of the word, which is viewed by many a still-troublesome substitute for the word "n****":
Justin Timberlake chose *this* week to call Madonna "my ninja"? I just can't.
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) August 16, 2014
I knew Justin Timberlake was getting too close for comfort with black culture but now he is saying ninja. #nosir
— brandi marie (@b_mariegreen) August 17, 2014 Timberlake has since deleted the tweet and most recently retweeted:
The world is watching #Ferguson.
[And we pray.]
— Matt Morris (@MattMorris) August 17, 2014 
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