Robin Thicke Badly Trolled As #AskThicke Twitter Campaign Backfires Big Time
#AskThicke did go viral, but not quite according to plan.
By Mei Mei Chu — 03 Jul 2014, 06:25 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
After his questionable "Blurred Lines" music video, creepy VMA performance with Miley Cyrus, and marriage-ending illicit affairs, Robin Thicke did not become the world's favourite artist.
And he realised that (again) after his #AskThicke live Twitter Q&A campaign backfired on him big time
The stunt was organised by broadcaster VH1 who, having secured interview time with the R-n-Sleaze star, decided it was best used on social media, where instead of researching questions for him themselves, the general online public would have the chance to quiz him instead.
Robin Thicke and the team at VH1 learned that lesson the hard way Tuesday when the hashtag #AskThicke, created for a Twitter Q&A session with the singer, backfired in a big way. Users flooded the micro blogging site with biting criticisms of Thicke, his music, and his treatment of women, particularly his wife.
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But if they were expecting sincere questions from Thicke's greatest fans, they anticipated wrongly
Because instead of receiving hoards of questions probing the singer for vital information on his favourite sandwich filling and what his spirit animal is, the #AskThicke hashtag grew into an altogether angrier publicity beast.
