And now, a nice chat featuring Chrissy Teigen, Chelsea Clinton, the Church of Satan, and Hooters
Twitter: an abusive cesspool that occasionally still brings people and chicken restaurants famous for objectifying women together.
In this case, it has united the mentions of Chrissy Teigen, Chelsea Clinton, and Hooters. Oh, also, the Church of Satan.
It all began last Saturday, when Teigen slammed a Twitter conspiracy theorist who implied she was part of some kind of Hollywood pedophilia ring. (Honestly, the idea is so stupid that it's not worth dissecting here.) The next day, Chelsea Clinton sent a message of support Teigen's way — after all, she's no stranger to receiving disturbing online attacks herself.
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Chrissy, sending you & beautiful Luna a huge hug. It is awful & never ok when people threaten or demean any child. I’ve lost count of the Twitter accounts who’ve threatened Charlotte with #FGM. While I never bother to report threats against me, I now report every one against her.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) December 31, 2017
But Clinton wasn't the only one in Teigen's corner that day. Another user, @Bev_Didier, called out one of the accounts sending abusive messages from a since-suspended Twitter handle.
The troll was allegedly pretending to be affiliated with Hooters, which brought the actual Hooters account into the fray to defend itself.
(Thank you for your candor, Hooters.)
We're definitely not endorsing this account nor does it have any relation to our company.
— Hooters (@Hooters) January 2, 2018
And Teigen, who probably just wants people to leave her daughter alone, was understandably flabbergasted by the restaurant chain's sudden starring role in the saga. Three days later, no less!
Again, Chelsea Clinton could relate to this struggle — for example, she tweeted, she'd previously ended up in threads with the Church of Satan.
In 2017, @ChurchofSatan & I were put on a few threads together. In 2018, it’s...@Hooters. What a time to be alive Chrissy!
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) January 2, 2018
Aaaand in came the Church of Satan. Hello, Church of Satan.
The never ending excitement here is never ending.
— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) January 2, 2018
It’s been so long! Happy New Year!
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) January 2, 2018
Shortly after the above exchange, the conservative website The Daily Caller ran a story called "Chelsea Clinton Wishes the Church of Satan a Happy New Year." Now, Clinton's getting... wait for it... a ton of flack from trolls on Twitter.
And thus, we return from whence we came. Happy new year, indeed.