31 Celeb Social Media Blunders

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15-05-2025

In one of the most embarrassing social media snafus, Mia Farrow once posted a happy birthday message to her daughter Quincy, accompanied by a photo. Innocent enough, right? Except she forgot to crop the photo and posted it with the search bar visible. To find the photo, she'd searched "Mia Farrow and her black children." Farrow quickly deleted the post and reposted a new birthday message with a different photo.
Farrow apparently replied to the backlash in a follow-up tweet with, "nah. I took the photo myself & posted it before. Then someone sent it to me & I didn't check source." However, that reply was also later deleted.
Justin Bieber also should've checked what was visible in a photo he posted. In 2019, the "Yummy" singer posted an Instagram story calling out The Daily Telegraph for misspelling his name in a headline, writing, "How are you gonna spell my name wrong after all these years ?? Haha." However, fans quickly noticed his search history was also included in the photo, which showed pages on Selena Gomez's Coachella performance. Bieber, who is married to Hailey Bieber (previously Baldwin), had notably dated Gomez when they were both young stars.
He then commented, "That video of Selena singing Taki Taki came up after my wife and I watched my Coachella performance. Obviously she's gonna be in the related category, it [literally] was the next video that played.. to fans and people who think I'm maliciously trying to start shit grow up."
Speaking of Hailey, she once "accidentally" followed a Selena Gomez fan page. She quickly unfollowed, with the account posting a screenshot of Baldwin messaging her and saying "hey followed u by accident so sorry!" Fans thought she was trying to stay up-to-date on Selena's activities since she used to date Justin.
In 2016, Kanye tweeted a photo of himself watching a video on YouTube. On his other tabs, you can see that he's on The Pirate Bay, apparently torrenting a file. He also had a tab open for Xfer Records' Serum, which led its founders to believe he was illegally downloading the software — so they called out Ye for the illegal move. It doesn't appear that he responded.
Remember the time Scott Disick posted an ad to his Instagram, except he didn't edit the instruction text? Posing with a container of protein powder, he captioned the photo, "Here you go, at 4pm est, write the below. Caption: Keeping up with the summer workout routine with my morning @booteauk protein shake!" When fans noticed, he deleted the error, but not before some photos were snapped.
In another embarrassing error, Charli D'Amelio spotted #HereForCharli trending on Twitter in 2021 and tweeted, "Oh my goodness, you are all so sweet to me. You have no idea how much your kind words warm my heart i am so lucky to have you all by my side!! I love you bebs." She quickly deleted the tweet when fans pointed out the hashtag was actually for Charli XCX, whose friend Sophie, a musician and producer, died suddenly.
In another hashtag-related snafu, Susan Boyle's album listening party was promoted on her official account using the hashtag #susanalbumparty. This was supposed to mean Susan Album Party, but it unfortunately looked like "Su's Anal Bum Party." The hashtag was quickly changed.
A more bizarre mistake is when Hulk Hogan wrote a heartfelt message to Jackass star Bam Margera, posting a photo of the two with the caption, "Damn Bam I wish you were still with us, I sure would love to hang out again my brother love u miss u HH." Sweet, right? Except...Margera's still alive. He tweeted back, "I'm alive brother but miss u too!" It appears Hogan got Margera mixed up with fellow Jackass star Ryan Dunn.
IMO, this wasn't actually an accident, but I still think it's funny. Remember when Kim Kardashian posted an old bikini photo of herself on Instagram, then claimed her daughter North (then two years old) had posted it, writing, "North posted this while playing games on my phone. Not sure why or how she chose it but I'm not complaining! LOL I deleted it so now reposting it myself!" Fans weren't buying it, suggesting Kardashian just wanted to post the selfie.
There's also the time Kardashian took to Twitter (now X) to complain about Armani discontinuing her "favorite foundation." Only one problem — she spelled the fashion designer's name wrong, which the brand's official account pointed out. "Dear Kim - let us know which one you need and we'll send it to you. And Mr. Armani's first name is Giorgio."
Lorde apparently didn't realize she was posting anything offensive or upsetting when she posted an Instagram photo of a full bathtub and captioned it with Whitney Houston lyrics back in 2018. Fans were quick to point out that, as Houston died in a bathtub in 2012, the photo was a little insensitive. Lorde later apologized, writing, "Extremely extremely poorly chosen quote. I'm so sorry for offending anyone — I hadn't even put this together I was just excited to take a bath. I'm an idiot. Love Whitney forever and ever. Sorry again."
In an accidental 9/11 reference, after a negative review of her album Manic, Halsey tweeted, "can the basement that they run p*tchork out of just collapse already." Pitchfork's office is in One World Trade Center. Halsey deleted the tweet and wrote, "ABSOLUTELY deleted it upon realizing this. Was just trying to make a joke! Intended zero harm. Just figured I could poke at them back with the same aloof passive aggression they poke artists with! Clearly a misunderstanding."
Then there was the time Demi Lovato tweeted, "about to put this airline on BLAST" in 2015...on September 11, no less, without realizing the connection to 9/11. After backlash, the singer tweeted, "Omg wrong wording...I'm so sorry."
The Weeknd also had some truly unfortunate timing when he teased upcoming news in February 2022. Unfortunately, his tweets — including "LET'S GOOOOOOO" — came at the same time reports were first emerging about Russia invading Ukraine, leading many to believe his tweets were in reference to that. Later, he tweeted, "unfortunately i'm just now seeing what's happening with the conflict and will pause on tomorrow's announcement. i pray for everyone's safety 🙏🏾"
Back in 2015, Madonna posted a photo that seemed to be of herself to promote her album Rebel Heart, writing, "I look Kewl.........❤️#rebelheart." Later, TikTok user @ameliamgoldie claimed that the photo was actually of her — and that Madonna's head had been photoshopped on top of hers. It doesn't appear Madonna ever commented on the matter, so I don't know if someone else made the photo and she mistakenly believed it was her, or what, but the photo was eventually deleted.
Ariana Grande made some people giggle online when she posted the tattoo she got as an homage to her song "7 Rings" on Instagram. Fans quickly pointed out her tattoo — written in Japanese characters — actually translated to a charcoal grill. Which is especially awkward considering Ari is vegan.
In response to online mockery, Grande tweeted, "Indeed, I left out 'つの指' which should have gone in between. It hurt like fuck n still looks tight. I wouldn't have lasted one more symbol lmao. But this spot also peels a ton and won't last so if I miss it enough I'll suffer thru the whole thing next time." In another tweet, she wrote, "Pls leave me and my tambourine grill alone. thank u." She later had the tattoo "fixed," though it still didn't correctly translate to "7 Rings."
Oprah also made an embarrassing error while promoting the Microsoft Surface back in the early 2010s. After pushing the product on her show and social media, in late November 2012, she again tweeted her love for the product and said she'd bought 12 of them as Christmas gifts— but the tweet itself noted that it had been posted from her iPad.
Similarly, in 2013, BlackBerry named Alicia Keys their Global Creative Director, and Keys went on record with The New York Times that she only used her BlackBerry 10. Then she posted a tweet reading, "Started from the bottom now were here!" The problem? The tweet indicated it was sent from an iPhone. Keys later claimed she'd been hacked.
When Dean Norris simply tweeted, "Sex gifs" in 2018, many believed he'd mistaken Twitter as a search bar, and accidentally revealed he had been wanting to look up sex gifs. We can't confirm this was his intention, or that he wasn't hacked, but the Internet had a field day with the apparent mistake, and frankly, I think it's hilarious.
His Breaking Bad co-star Bob Odenkirk was also caught on social media, this time when a follower noticed that he was following @perfect_feet_in_sexy_shoes, a foot fetish account on Instagram. Odenkirk did not address this, but he did unfollow the account.
Harry Styles similarly favorited an NSFW image from a porn star asking to lick a certain something off her fingers on Twitter in 2014, leading to #HarryDontLickAnything trending. Upon noticing the trend, Styles tweeted, "Sooooo... The weather?" He then unfavorited the tweet and favorited a bunch of cute animal photos instead.
Samuel L Jackson also liked a ton of hardcore porn on Twitter, all of which he unliked after fans pointed it out to him. I guess he didn't know his likes were visible.
Of course, we can't bring up these examples without bringing up a similar Ted Cruz incident, though I wouldn't quite call him a celebrity. Back in 2017, the infamous senator liked a porn video on Twitter (on 9/11, no less). After people noticed, the like was removed, and Cruz said, "There are a number of people on the team that have access to the account and it appears that someone inadvertently hit the like button. When we discovered the post... we pulled it down." To which I say...sure, Jan.
Armie Hammer — who has become infamous for cannibal allegations — was also caught liking some NSFW tweets, in this case about bondage. He would later become embroiled in one of the biggest sex scandals to involve a modern celeb.
Less problematically, in 2020, Chris Evans accidentally and famously tweeted a revealing image of his erect penis. The photo was hidden in a video tweet that showed his camera roll, where fans quickly spotted the image. Though Evans immediately deleted the tweet, the damage was done, and he began trending on Twitter. Taking advantage of the circumstances, he tweeted, 'Now that I have your attention…VOTE Nov 3rd!!!"
He later spoke about the incident, saying, "It was an interesting weekend full of lessons learned, a lot of teachable moments. It's embarrassing, but you gotta roll with the punches. I have fantastic fans who came to my support."
Cardi B also accidentally posted a topless photo of herself on her Instagram story, quickly deleting it and taking to Twitter to berate herself for her mistake but also declare, "It is what it is. Shit happens. Fuck it, it's not even the first time. I mean, I used to fucking be a stripper so whatever. Ay, Dios mío."
And Chrissy Tiegan accidentally revealed a nipple on Snapchat while getting a spray tan. She didn't realize until her assistant texted her, in an exchange Tiegan posted on Twitter, while assuring fans she'd deleted the snap. "I just want to apologize to everyone I know. I've let my friends down. I've let my family down," she quipped on Snapchat, clearly unbothered by the slip. "I have nipples. It's not something I'm proud of."
Eiza Gonzalez accidentally showed a little more of her boyfriend, Josh Duhamel, than intended in an Instagram video of herself in a bikini. Fans quickly noticed a man (who looked like Duhamel) getting undressed, reflected in the mirror. A pot blocked his more NSFW areas, but it was still quite revealing. Gonzalez quickly deleted the video and then posted it again, with the reflection cropped out in this version.
In one of the biggest errors on this list, Kaitlyn Bristow accidentally revealed the winner of her season of The Bachelorette when she posted a photo on her Snapchat story of herself in bed with winner Shawn Booth weeks before the finale had aired. "We were sending Snaps to one of the producers," Booth later revealed. "[And then] I pick up my phone to go on Twitter, and there's hundreds of pictures of my stupid face laying in bed with her. I started having a panic attack. I couldn't even breathe." It was deleted, but the damage was done.
A more harmless error came when Tom Holland tagged Zendaya in an Instagram photo snapped at Disney, where the two — along with costar Jacob Batalon — were promoting Spider-Man: Far From Home. All sounds normal, right? Except Holland tagged Zendaya right on his crotch. Zendaya quickly called him out, commenting, "I'm assuming because you don't know how to work ig, that's the reasoning behind my name placement." Holland moved the tagged, editing his caption to include, "Thanks @zendaya for making me aware of my obvious blunder."
And finally, remember when Mark Ruffalo accidentally live-streamed the beginning of Thor: Ragnarok? At the Los Angeles world premiere of the film, he started streaming the crowd on Instagram Live...and then put his phone in his pocket as the movie began. It took him over fifteen minutes to realize the error.