Twitter Blunders
Twitter Blunders

After 15 years of Twitter users begging for an edit button with little success, it took about 15 minutes for the social media company to make a U-turn – once its newest shareholder Elon Musk posted a poll asking if users wanted it.

The website has never had the option to edit tweets, meaning users are forced to delete posts, leave typos up or – in some cases – claim they were hacked.

Kim Kardashian misspelt designer Giorgio Armani's name
Kim Kardashian misspelt designer Giorgio Armani’s name Credit: Getty
Lindsay Lohan replied to Barack Obama in 2012 after he posted that he had cut taxes 'for those who need it'
Lindsay Lohan replied to Barack Obama in 2012 after he posted that he had cut taxes ‘for those who need it’Credit: Getty

Twitter has finally announced the edit button is coming, saying it has nothing to do with Musk as they’ve been working on it for a year.

But this lot – including the billionaire SpaceX owner – probably wished they had had it years ago when they tweeted these blunders . . . 

Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband proved how a simple one-letter typo could change the entire meaning of his intended tribute
Ed Miliband proved how a simple one-letter typo could change the entire meaning of his intended tribute

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband proved how a simple one-letter typo could change the entire meaning of his intended tribute to TV host Bob Holness with this clanger in 2012.

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian blamed 'sleep deprivation' for her misspelling of Giorgio Armani
Kim Kardashian blamed ‘sleep deprivation’ for her misspelling of Giorgio Armani

Kim Kardashian blamed “sleep deprivation” for her misspelling of Giorgio Armani when the brand called her out on Twitter in 2015 after she posted that “Georgio” had stopped making a favourite product.

Shila Iqbal

Shila Iqbal was fired from Emmerdale in 2019 after old tweets using homophobic and racist language resurfaced
Shila Iqbal was fired from Emmerdale in 2019 after old tweets using homophobic and racist language resurfaced

Actress Shila Iqbal was fired from Emmerdale in 2019 just a month after she was given a permanent role, when old tweets using homophobic and racist language, including the N-word, resurfaced.

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan tweeted this to Barack Obama in 2012
Lindsay Lohan tweeted this to Barack Obama in 2012

It is unclear whether Lindsay Lohan was having a dig at rich celebs or whether she didn’t want to pay taxes herself when she tweeted Barack Obama in 2012 after he posted that he had cut taxes “for those who need it”.

Rita Ora

Rita Ora claimed her account had been hacked
Rita Ora claimed her account had been hacked

Rita Ora had a cringey moment in 2014 when a tweet said she would bring out new music if she got 100,000 retweets.

The post didn’t top 2,000 retweets and was deleted. Ora claimed her account had been hacked by someone else.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk wiped £10.7billion off Tesla’s value with this tweet
Elon Musk wiped £10.7billion off Tesla’s value with this tweet

A post by Elon Musk wiped £10.7billion off Tesla’s value and cut £2.3billion off his own stake. In 2018, his tweet about Tesla’s future on the New York stock exchange cost him and the company $40million in fines.

Prue Leith

Prue Leith accidentally revealed the results of the Bake Off final from overseas in 2017
Prue Leith accidentally revealed the results of the Bake Off final from overseas in 2017

IN 2017, Prue Leith accidentally revealed the results of the Bake Off final from overseas.

She deleted the tweet after realising she’d forgotten about the time difference – but too many people had already retweeted it.

Mary J. Blige

Mary J Blige misspelt 'intelligence’ in 2009
Mary J Blige misspelt ‘intelligence’ in 2009

It was an ironic moment when Mary J Blige misspelt ‘intelligence’ in 2009.

She later apologised for her wrong spelling and thanked her fans for putting her right. She added: “This is how we learn”.

Justine Sacco

Justine Sacco shared this tweet just before her flight to South Africa in 2013
Justine Sacco shared this tweet just before her flight to South Africa in 2013

PR exec Justine Sacco shared this tweet just before her flight to South Africa in 2013.

The tweet was trending during the 11-hour flight and by the time she landed she had been fired.

Emily Thornberry

Emily Thornberry had to resign from the Labour shadow cabinet for posting this snap
Emily Thornberry had to resign from the Labour shadow cabinet for posting this snapCredit: Twitter

Emily Thornberry had to resign from the Labour shadow cabinet for posting this snap with the words “image from Rochester” in 2014.

David Cameron said she was “sneering at people who work hard”.

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Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle's publicity team were left red-faced in 2012 after this tweet
Susan Boyle’s publicity team were left red-faced in 2012 after this tweet

Susan Boyle’s publicity team were left red-faced in 2012 when they realised their hashtag susanalbumparty was being misread.

After it had gone viral, they changed it to SusanBoyleAlbum Party.