Les célébrités et marques bloquées sur les réseaux sociaux : histoires insolites

25 récits de block social media célébrités marques

La question, posée par l’utilisateur Reddit u/hugocaldera6 — « Which celebrity has blocked you on social media and why? » — a généré plus de 7 000 réponses. Bored Panda a compilé une sélection des témoignages les plus remarquables ; voici plusieurs réponses telles qu’elles ont été rapportées par les internautes.

• Joel Osteen — « I posted in his facebook that he was the best stand up comedian of our generation. »
• Elon Musk — « Elon Musk blocked me on twitter back when ESA landed on that asteroid, I asked him how he felt that we finally made contact with his species. »
• Dane Cook — « Dane Cook blocked me on Twitter. He tweeted something along the lines of, « Sometimes no matter what you do, you can’t win. » And I replied « Did you make another movie? » Insta-blocked. »
• Ford (marque) — « Not a celebrity but Ford blocked me on Twitter cuz I kept asking them to bring the crown Victoria back »
• Harbor Freight (marque) — « Not a celebrity but Harbor Freight. When I commented that their pipe inspection cameras are good for home colonoscopies. »
• Dane Cook (encore) — « Any time something bad happened to me I compared it to him. “I got fired today. This is really the Dane Cook of days.” Stuff like that. »
• William Shatner — « I tweeted him « What’s goin on, Slick Willy? ». Apparently, he does not like being called Slick Willy lmao »
• Gordon Ramsay — « i was thirteen and in a dumb group chat with my friends on twitter, someone in it was followed by him so they added him to it. he ended up blocking half of us (rightfully tbh) » et « also i messaged him asking if i could be on masterchef because i could make good ramen noodles and i think that also caused it »
• Aleksandar Vučić (président de Serbie) — « My friend was blocked by Vucic, the president of serbia because she asked how much money they washed on the reconstruction of republic Square »
• James Charles — « James Charles for putting up a picture of dog grooming products and capturing it « The new James Charles collection » »
• Juha Vuorinen (écrivain finlandais) — « This finnish writer who stole memes and posted them on instagram as his own. I said something about it and he banned me from his page. Juha Vuorinen is his name »
• Dr. Phil — « Dr. Phil has me blocked on Instagram for commenting “I wanna run my teeth through your mustache.” »
• Jimmy (émission radio Dave and Jimmy, Columbus) — « Jimmy from the Dave and Jimmy radio show in Columbus, OH. He posted a picture of his sister and said; « She got all the good looks in the family. » and I said; « Looks like there wasn’t much to go round in he first place then. » » — l’internaute précise s’être excusé et a ensuite été débloqué.
• Jeffree Star — « Jeffree Star once blocked me on MySpace because I kept leaving comments on his page saying things like « Hey man, great party last night! » to get random fans of his to send me friend requests. After maybe the third time, he responded angrily telling me to stop and blocked me from leaving comments. »
• Un astronome célèbre — « A famous astronomer blocked me because I blocked him. I was following him but his posts were overwhelming my feed. Retweets were off too. I unfollowed but days later, my feed was still all his posts. So I blocked him to stop it. A few years later, thought I’d try again since Twitter’s made changes and he has me blocked. Alrighty then, Phil. Be that way »
• Hulk Hogan — « I remember someone saying they got blocked by Hulk Hogan for telling him he doesn’t need to sign his tweets off with HH. »
• Janoris Jenkins (joueur) — « I told Janoris Jenkins that he was burnt toast and couldn’t cover me » — l’internaute note : « He still can’t cover but he knows how to block apparently. »
• Bill Murray — « Many years ago, I did a REALLY bad photoshop of Bill Murray and I by the Hollywood sign. Posted it on his Facebook, and I was blocked. I still love you Billy… 🙂 »
• B.O.B — « B.O.B that Airplanes in the Night Sky rapper. DM’d him on insta calling him an idiot for being a flat earther and I was blocked within a couple of hours »
• Khloé Kardashian — « Khloe Kardashian blocked me for commenting her real dad’s name….even though Kylie Jenner tweeted a pic of Khloe and her real dad and captioned it saying so, but it was immediately deleted. It’s Alex Roldan, Kris Jenners ex hairstylist. Khloes middle name is Alexandra as well. Lamar Odom has also said he’s met Alex numerous times. »
• Bryan Singer — « Bryan Singer. This was when the accusations came out I commented on an Instagram post « where are all the comments attacking him for being a scumbag » Someone said he was deleting them all. He then blocked me and made his account private. »

Ces récits montrent des motifs très variés : plaisanteries, moqueries, commentaires provocateurs, erreurs de communication ou simples interactions répétées. Le phénomène de block social media célébrités marques peut toucher autant les personnalités publiques que les comptes de marques, parfois pour des raisons banales, parfois pour des désaccords plus tranchés.

Le fil Reddit, qui a suscité plus de 7 000 réponses, illustre combien un simple message ou une remarque peut suffire à déclencher un blocage. Bored Panda propose cette sélection parmi les réponses les plus partagées et les plus étonnantes.