Virgin Australia forced to apologise after sending a crude tweet aimed at Kanye West

Virgin Australia has been left red-faced after one of its social media accounts attacked Kanye West.

In a tweet that was quickly deleted, Virgin Australia’s account labelling West a ‘douche’ when responding to one of his recent posts.

‘@kanyewest EAD you douche,’ the tweet read. ‘EAD’ is slang for ‘eat a d***’.

Shortly after it was posted Virgin Australia removed the offending message, but not before it had been seen by many of the airline’s 210,000 followers and rapidly retweeted to even more.

The company attempted to defuse the embarrassing situation by issuing an apology and claiming the account had been hacked.

“Recent tweet on our account was not published by a Virgin Australia employee and we are investigating the matter… We apologise for any offence caused,’ the airline said.

However, not everyone believed the airline’s excuse, and others said it would be too harsh to fire whoever was responsible for the tweet.
‘@kanyewest EAD you douche,’ the tweet from Virgin Australia’s account read. ‘EAD’ is slang for ‘eat a d***’

Shortly after it was posted, Virgin Australia deleted the rude remark and issued an apology claiming its account was hacked

‘Just admit it was human error. Someone thought they were tweeting from their personal (account),’ Nick Edwards wrote.

‘Give that person a warning with a smile and a pat on the back, for serious. I would buy them a beer and call them an idiot,’ another person said.

Others praised the sentiment of the deleted tweet, saying they agreed with it.

‘Don’t apologise, we loved the sass, and Kanye deserves it,’ one wrote.

Social media was mixed in its response to the ‘hack’, with some saying if it was sent by a Virgin Australia employee they shouldn’t be sacked, and in some instances, that they should be promoted instead

‘This is disappointing, it was a great tweet,’ Jarah Cook tweeted.

‘Re-post it! We’re all in agreement anyway,’ Nikki Dale said.

‘HIRE WHOEVER DID IT. This isn’t a bad thing, it needs to be congratulated,’ Paul Brown added.

West, who has almost 19 million followers on Twitter, is yet to respond to the remark.

Source: daily mail online