BuzzFeed Staff Flips Out on Twitter Over Founder Jonah Peretti’s Ivanka Tweet
The founder of BuzzFeed tweeted that Ivanka Trump once talked to him about “mulatto cocks,” and naturally the entirety of Twitter flipped out.
And most importantly, the tweet shocked pretty much everyone at BuzzFeed:
@peretti sir.
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) October 19, 2016
— Shani O. Hilton (@shani_o) October 19, 2016
[goes on vacation]
GF: "oh wow we're gonna miss the last debate"
ME: "meh, what else could happen?"
*opens internet*
ME: "oh shit"
— Matt Kiebus (@mjkiebus) October 19, 2016
My gchat lit up like a damn Christmas tree.
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) October 19, 2016
*walks through the newsroom burning sage, splashing holy water on everyone*
— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) October 19, 2016
"'Pussy' is the most surprising word I'm going to read in an official new source this election cycle"
-Me, a naive young man 2 weeks ago.
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) October 19, 2016
and with that the buzzfeed office has fallen apart. we're going home, see you tomorrow.
— TrickorTracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) October 19, 2016
there's free liquor in the buzzfeed canteen in 10 mins, thank god
— TrickorTracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) October 19, 2016
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? https://t.co/oCz4dcnET8
— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) October 19, 2016
This tweet has ruined me https://t.co/lFYl8BjiKI
— Rob Stott (@Rob_Stott) October 19, 2016
"What year did this happen, because she said the word 'mulatto'???????"
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) October 19, 2016
*screams in perpetuity* https://t.co/jSJSwjhyx3
— Matt Ford (@JMatthiasFord) October 19, 2016
who knew my boss' boss' boss had the real ☕ this whole time ? https://t.co/eWdQiIqCGw
— Leticia Miranda (@letidmiranda) October 19, 2016
My favorite part of this is hearing the cackles throughout the office as more and more BuzzFeeders see this tweet https://t.co/daFEIsWsbV
— Alanna Boo-nett (@AlannaBennett) October 19, 2016
I feel like i don't need context. I'm just gonna go home for the day
— Tanya Chen (@Tanya_Chen) October 19, 2016
BuzzFeed NYC newsroom went from 0 to 100 real quick today
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) October 19, 2016
Is there a doctor on this flight @united
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) October 19, 2016
I mean
She could've said "quadroon"
That'd probably be worse
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) October 19, 2016
hillary is gonna bring jonah to the debate
— Steve Kandell (@SteveKandell) October 19, 2016
I mean, I’m loving it.
— Conz Preti (@conz) October 19, 2016
Jonah is now our Billy Bush https://t.co/CdF2i5x6Rw
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) October 19, 2016
Wednesday feeling. pic.twitter.com/G1N7b7d7wa
— Karolina Waclawiak (@believekarolina) October 19, 2016
I honestly can’t believe what is happening.
— Adam Davis (@amdhit) October 19, 2016
twitter is losing its mind and here i sit, working from home pic.twitter.com/QvrSu6tOTJ
— Cates Holderness (@catesish) October 19, 2016
Another appropriate choice by my iPod today. pic.twitter.com/ui95uhC2Xy
— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) October 19, 2016
I haven't seen this many BuzzFeed offices simultaneously come to a standstill since the llama/dress day
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) October 19, 2016
@BuzzFeedBen ben the scoops are coming from inside the house
— Kristin Chirico (@lolacoaster) October 19, 2016
the chain of events then also was “oh, we can’t stop screaming about this on Slack, guess we should post immediately" https://t.co/n1eRRfeM52
— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) October 19, 2016
Everyone at BuzzFeed right now pic.twitter.com/Hxz7u3BjOD
— Logan Rhoades (@LoganRhoades) October 19, 2016
— Dr. Frank-N-Flirter (@andrea_h1ckey) October 19, 2016
me, still pic.twitter.com/9N2QSZi5Cw
— Bim Adewunmi (@bimadew) October 19, 2016
— Jen Lewis (@thisjenlewis) October 19, 2016
Has the debate moderator seen Jonah’s tweet.
— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) October 19, 2016
My computer just ran out of memory. I blame Jonah's tweet.
— mat (@mat) October 19, 2016
[featured image via BuzzFeed]
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