Yesterday, on MLK day, Zac Efron was faced with a problem — he wanted to show his appreciation both for Martin Luther King Jr and for the fact he has 10 million followers on Instagram. So he did what anyone with a brain would do — he combined the two into one Tweet!
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Tadaa:
https://twitter.com/ZacEfron/status/689283451241889792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
https://twitter.com/ecareyo/status/689309218025934849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
.@ZacEfron pic.twitter.com/8UmfbEPc60
— anthøny (@anthny) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/D2_Derpinator/status/689307930731003904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@jessicajbenson I could almost handle it until the black hand emojis. then I sincerely could not.
— James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) January 19, 2016
@ZacEfron @Nickrob maybe those should have been two separate posts?
— Chris Goodwin (@christhegoods) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/ihateRyanSim/status/689302760756387840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
.@ZacEfron this national holiday should really celebrate YOUR contributions to society, such as
…
— James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/AaronTheH/status/689322332569993216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@ZacEfron Dr. King did wasn't murdered so you could use black emojis and troll for Instagram followers.
— Small Screen Girl (@KiraJW) January 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/loudersoft/status/689329962843688960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
That backlash might seem a bit harsh but let’s be real here — there’s no way Zac Efron is as grateful for Martin Luther King as he is for his 10 million followers on Instagram. I mean firstly he’s white (pretty much as white as it gets), and secondly MLK died before he was even born. 10 million Instagram followers though? That’s a fucking accomplishment right there. We haven’t even got 10 thousand followers (help us out there, cheers). Of course Zac Efron is grateful for his 10 million Instagram followers — he probably gets paid thousands of dollars every time he posts something.
As for the cry babies on Twitter, there’s like a million more important things to worry about than Zac Efron’s MLK day faux-pas. Haven’t you heard the world’s ending in 100 years? Read a book one time.
