Friday 7 March 2014

'Our president... Barraco Barner': Lancashire beautician sparks worldwide after getting Obama's name spectacularly wrong in tweet about Ukraine crisis

                      bBlackpool                           Gemma Worrall, 20, from Blackpool, was worried about foreign politics, but tweeting about 'Barraco Barner' being 'our president' (inset) was a mistake she now regrets. Within hours of posting her tweet, it had been retweeted more than 6,000 times and screengrabs of the message shown on television news programmes in Australia and Belgium. Wags even set up spoof Twitter accounts for 'Barraco Barner - UK prez' (top right) and 'Michelleo Barner, First Lady of the United States of Great Britain' (bottom right).           see the reaction on twitter after the cut....
                                                                                                                            Tweet: Blackpool beautician Gemma Worrall, 20, wrote this without checking her facts - or her spelling                                                                  Reaction: Former footballer turned DJ Ian Wright joined thousands around the world in laughing at Miss Worrall                                                           Cruel reaction: Some people took it upon themselves to send unkind messages to the young beautician                                                                Unpleasant reaction: Miss Worrall, who works in a beauty salon in Blackpool, was surprised by the vitriol of others                                                           Reaction: Despite deleting the original tweet, screengrabs of it appeared on Australian and Belgian news                                                              Despite Miss Worrall putting on a brave face, she admitted the comments she received upset her                                                   

                     Positive reaction: As Miss Worrall's fame spread, people flocked to show their support with kind messages


                    Fame and fortune? Many commenters suggested Miss Worrall could consider a change of career to reality television

                     Kind words: After an initial surge of cyber-bullies, people thanked Miss Worrall for cheering them up


                    Well done: Others on Twitter praised Miss Worrall for not being upset by unkind messages from strangers

 
                  Spoof account: As Miss Worrall's tweet went viral, a joke account for 'Barraco Barner, UK prez' was set up

                   Another one: There's also a 'Michelleo Barner' Twitter account for the 'First Lady of the United States of Britain'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                posted by Emanto Ngaloru  March 7, 2014.                                                                                                                                                                                            
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