The 30 Most Embarrassing Deleted Celebrity Tweets

Since its inception, Twitter has served as the perennial communication tool for celebrities to connect with fans on a more personal level. At the same time, it's also the platform that puts their buffoonery and reckless actions on front street. Everything from drunken rants, racist comments, insensitive remarks, TMI stories, and, of course, unintentionally leaked naked photos have caused embarrassment for a good number of stars. Some have resorted to deleting the harmful tweets as a form of damage control, but as we know, nothing on the Internet is ever really gone. Learn a lesson on proper twitter etiquette from this high-profile crowd as you take in these 30 Embarrassing Deleted Celebrity Tweets.

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Twitter handle: @AsherRoth

Date: April 24, 2009

Following in the dunce steps of Don Imus, the PA rapper thought it would be humorous to poke fun at the racist remarks made by the Fox News radio host in which he referred to the Rutgers woman's basketball team as "nappy-headed hoes." Suffice to say, it wasn't a good look.

Twitter handle: @Denise_Richards

Date: Oct. 28, 2009

Under the impression she was DM'ing her private digits to a friend, the former Mrs. Charlie Sheen accidentally gave out her math to the entire Twitterverse. Funniest part: she didn't even include the recepient's username in the tweet. Richards blamed the incident on her bad multitasking skills. At least now we know Tiger Blood didn't marry her for her smarts.

Twitter handle: @bowwow614 (Previous), @YMCMB_BW (Recent)

Date: Jan. 1, 2010 

Mr. 106 & Park and Chris Breezy went a little too hard with the alcohol during a New Year’s Eve party at LIV in Miami, leading to Bow’s drunken soliloquy on Twitter. It's one thing to act belligerently drunk in public. But on the social media front? C'mon, fam. He said sorry for the immature rant, but the damage was done.

Twitter handle: @Lindsaylohan

Date: Jan. 7, 2010

Crushin’ hard over her on-and-off-again girlfriend Samantha Ronson, La Loca had no qualms calling out her lover on Twitter—accusing the famed DJ of cheating. The act was clearly a sign of jilt over the couple’s recent separation, leading many to believe Ronson wasn’t trying to get back with this crazy girl. Lohan removed the tweet the following morning without any explanation. Damn, saMAN had her desperately feenin’ back then.

Twitter handle: @yelyawilliams

Date: May 27, 2010

Paramore’s lead singer forgot her top when taking this naked selfie, which she claimed to have mistakenly tweeted.

Twitter handle: @THE_ADAM_JONES

Date: May 28, 2010

The Baltimore Orioles outfielder’s road trip out to Toronto with the team wasn’t so pleasant, as the slugger was held by immigration in Canada after being mistaken for another person with a criminal record. While held until 5:30 ET in the morning, Jones shamed himself (and the team) by venting on the social microblogging site. Then the update magically disappeared shortly from his feed.

Twitter handle: @ddlovato

Date: Aug. 1, 2010

After indicating that “older fans still wanted” to attend her meet-and-greet appearance at the Stonebriar Centre Mall in Frisco, TX, the once-troubled singer had the gall to chastise the same crowd via tweets. She made it clear that gray haired men asking for her autograph was creepy. Yet, she never thought these same guys were probably grabbing it for their children, her primary target audience.

Twitter handle: @rustyrockets

Date: Jan. 1, 2011

The comedian decided to bring in the New Year in shocking fashion, snapping a Twitpic of his then-newlywed wife without makeup and posting it on Twitter. Perry was mortified with her hubby’s actions and forced him to delete the photo, but not before every online media outlet snagged a screenshot of it. It's hard to tell which star should be more embarrassed.

Twitter handle: @KennethCole

Date: Feb. 3, 2011

Fashion knows no limits, literally, as designer Kenneth Cole used the unrest in Egypt as a promotional opportunity to help push his spring collection. Many media experts tried passing it off as a PR rep snafu, but the signature at the end implies Cole was the viral culprit. An apology soon followed and the tweet was removed from his page. His response to the fiasco: “We had hoped this ad would change the world but we blue it.” Oh, you blue it alright.

Twitter handle: @aplusk

Date: April 2, 2011

Not following current events, Kutcher made himself look like the biggest ass in the Twitterverse when choosing to defend the former Penn State coach upon hearing of his firing. Then his feed was swapped with followers calling him an “idiot” and requested to “recant” his previous tweet. Just another case of Ashton being Ashton.

Twitter handle: @Oprah

Date: April 4, 2011

One would never expect the Queen of Daytime television to solicit Nielsen viewers to watch her struggling OWN network. But tough times call for tough measures, as Oprah shot the request to her Twitter fans. Nielsen dropped the hammer dumb hard and forced her to delete the message. O apologized in shame: “I removed the tweet at the request of Nielsen. I intended no harm and apologize for the reference.”

Twitter handle: @keyshiacole

Date: April 10, 2011

Who exposes their mother’s drug problems on Twitter? Answer: Keisha Cole. Upon hearing of Frankie’s failed mandatory drug test, the R&B singer expressed her grievances over mom dukes in the classiest way possible, tweeting it. You know that ain't right.

Twitter handle: repweiner

Date: May 28, 2011

It’s not everyday a New York congressman gets caught tweeting a scandalous photo of his penis concealed in briefs to a 21-year-old college student. That is unless the official goes by the name of Anthony Weiner. The politician admitted to unintentionally broadcasting the dirty Twitpic to the entire social media universe inadvertently. It did little to save his position in office as Weiner was forced to resign.

Twitter handle: @kanyewest

Date: July 20, 2011

Despite professing his "respect" for him in song, Mr. West didn't take too kindly to Wiz Khalifa wifing his ex Amber Rose. So in true Yeezy fashion, he sent a vicious subliminal aimed directly at the lovebirds implicating his former dimepiece served up a full tasting of Hip-Hop. But wait…wasn’t Ye savoring the same flavor?

Twitter handle: @JayElectronica

Date: July 30, 2011

Jay Electronica thought he could have some fun with female rapper Jean Grae by inferring the two had engaged in sexual relations in the past. “@JeanGreasy when we having sex again? don’t front on twitter either…..@JeanGreasy FYI: Jean LOOOOVES backshots. True story, ”JE tweeted. Jeanie’s response: "I really hope your page got hacked. Otherwise, I’m right hooking on you. Not cool, or funny.” That was all it took for the Roc Nation signee to delete the messages and apologize for going to far with the jokes. Take a lesson from the other Jay...you pop shit, apologize.

Twitter handle: @thegame

Date: Aug. 13, 2011

Welcome to another edition of when Twitter pranks go wrong. Here, you have the case of The Game encouraging his followers to call a phone number inquiring about an internship opportunity with the rapper. The only problem is the number he left was a direct line for the Compton sheriff’s department. Feeling the heat from Bureau Captain Mike Parker, who messaged Jayceon to take down the number, Game folded and ranted in typical fashion: “I can see it now: ‘What u in 4 homie.. robbery. What about u dog… Murder. Aye… What u in here 4 game… (Pokes Chest Out) A TWEET’ !!!” Find it ironic that The R.E.D. Album was set to drop a week after? Of course not. Shameless stunt.

Twitter handle: @Deanracer

Date: Nov. 17, 2011

Unbeknownst to the reality TV star, McDermott captured the conceivably lactating breasts of his wife, Tori Spelling, when snapping this Twitpic of their son. Not even David Silver could stomach that.

Twitter handle: @Drake

Date: Dec. 25, 2011

During the early stages of the silliest rap battle ever, Drizzy choose to get at Common through his album sales. Clever response to the rap vet’s scathing diss track entitled “Sweet”. But how do you call out a rapper, shoot a subliminal tweet his way, and cover it up a few hours later? Now that’s some sweet shit right there.

Twitter handle: @alexa_chung

Date: May 2, 2012

Fashionistas across the globe share fantasies of someday meeting and working with Karl Lagerfeld. Alexa Chung apparently has sexual dreams with the fashion icon. And had no shame in tweeting about it. That is until she deleted the comment hours later.

Twitter handle: @CeeLoGreen

Date: May 4, 2012

Bothered by the negative remarks made by City Pages music editor Andrea Swensson in her concert review, Green went on the defense and questioned the journalist’s sexuality, insinuating she was both gay and offended by his “masculinity.” That easily turned into a national social media scandal. Still, that's some pretty harsh words coming from a singer whose fashion style is inspired by Liberace.

Twitter handle: @reggie_bush

Date: May 19, 2012

During the UEFA Champions League final that took place between Bayern Munich and Chelsea, the Miami Dolphins running back made a controversial statement in reference to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba’s game-tying shot, suggesting the soccer player would score with some “Nazi chick” after the game. He followed up by deleting the earlier message and posting a new tweet: “Oh goodness bunch of sensitive cry babies on twitter! It's just jokes people send me your address and I'll personally FedEx you some tissue."

Twitter Handle: @50Cent

Date: July 3, 2012

An entertainer who knows no boundaries, Curtis crossed the line when stating one of his Twitter followers looked autistic. The response stemmed from a tweet @young_raditz sent stating: “@50cent Release the album or get shot again.” Activists scolded the rapper for his insensitive remarks, which lead to 50 removing the update. Damn, homie.

Twitter handle: @courtney

Date: July 30, 2012

When Lana Del Rey performed a rendition of Nivrvana 1993 hit “Heart-Shaped Box," the singer never once expected to be given a history lesson on the song from Kurt Cobain’s widow. Love tweeted: “You do know the song is about my Vagina right?...So umm next time you sing it, think about my vagina will you.” Numerous followers lost their appetite.

Twitter handle: @aly_raisman

Date: Aug. 9, 2012

The 18-year-old gymnast just finished taking home the gold with the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the 2012 London Olympics and looked to kill time during her last five days in the city. So she decided to hit the club with her fellow gymnasts. Only thing is she accidentally tweeted the message to her 380,000+ followers, which was clearly intended for her teammates. You could say the only embarrassment she faced was bad tweeting etiquette. However, Aly removed the message and then followed up with another update later that night: “So excited to go to sleep early :) long but fun day.” Insert McKayla Maroney quip here.

Twitter handle: @maryjblige

Date: Sept. 4, 2012

The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul just so happens to be the Queen of terrible misspelled tweets, as evident in her message above regarding the time she lied about being accepted to Howard University. Guess we’ll never be able to estimate her intelligents.

Twitter handle: @msalisonpill

Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Following in the footsteps of Hayley Williams, The Newsroom star made a faux pas when tweeting her bare chest to all 13,000+ followers. No shame in her game, Pill replied saying, “Yep. That picture happened. Ugh, My tech issues have now reached new heights, apparently.” Yeah, you can say that.

Twitter handle: @Kimkardashian

Date: Nov. 16, 2012

When your followers are telling you that they've “lost all respect" for you and that you should “die in hell,” you know you tweeted something that rubbed people the wrong way. Her pro-Israel tweet set the microblogging service ablaze with disparaging messages and death threats, as the reality diva showcased her lack of knowledge regarding the battle that took place between Israeli and Palestine. Not even Yeezy could come to the rescue on this one.

Twitter handle: @RobKardashian

Date: Dec. 4, 2012

The Kardashian brother had his fair share of celebrity beaver as of late, but baby brother made himself look like a sucker when tweeting scathing remarks to ex-lover Rita Ora. Though never mentioning her by name, Rob made it clear who his target was: “She cheated on me with nearly 20 dudes while we were together, I wonder how many she will sleep with now that we apart? (sic) But I mean 20?!!!” And as you can tell from her RT, our August/September 2012 cover girl got the last laugh.

Twitter handle: @HulkHogan

Date: Jan. 27, 2013

You would think after having his sex tape leaked online, the Hulkster would work on some sexual damage control. Nope. Wrong, brother. Hogan made the awkward decision to snap a photo of his daughter Brooke’s legs in a revealing dress that went out to all his Hulkamaniacs. Fans voiced their disdain of the photo saying it was, to say the least, creepy. Guess that’s how the Hogan family gets down.

Twitter handle: @AmandaBynes

Date: Feb. 6, 2013

Bynes solidified her insanity when trying to pick a Twitter fight with one of the industry’s biggest power players: Jay-Z. Like most of his past beefs, Jigga just let the 26-year-old high-strung actress dig her own hole into obscurity.