Rupert Murdoch’s Pie Incident Prompts Witty Tweets [PICS]
It was the splat heard around the world and Twitter offered an instant reaction.
Celebs like Roger Ebert, Simon Pegg and Seth Meyers weighed in on the Rupert Murdoch pie-attack incident, as did the alleged pie thrower himself, Jonnie Marbles. The hashtag #PieGate also quickly took hold.
Below, a sampling of the reactions to the incident, which delayed the UK parliament’s hearings on the News Corp phone hacking scandal for about 10 minutes. Seen any other witty Twitter reactions to Piegate? Let us know in the comments.
Johnnie Marbles
The alleged pie thrower moments before the incident.
Roger Ebert
Ebert, meanwhile, celebrated Murdoch’s wife, Wendi.
Seth Meyers
Meyers, the Saturday Night Live news anchor, had a Seinfeldian reaction.
Simoen Pegg
Pegg’s reaction was notable for its brevity.
Neil Gaiman
Afterwards, #piegate appeared to take off as a hashtag, leading writer Neil Gaiman to muse:
Keith Olbermann
Joel Klein, the Newsweek pundit, also got called to task for apparently sleeping during the hearings and, engaging in other notable behavior, as Keith Olbermann noted:
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