Rihanna Usually Doesn’t Delete Tweets, But She Deleted This
First,
Rihanna showed her support for Germany’s soccer team. Then she tweeted her
support for Palestine amid the country’s conflict with Israel.
“#FreePalestine,” the singer posted Tuesday before
almost immediately deleting the tweet.
Unlike
a soccer match, the international conflict taking place between Israelis and
Palestinians is costing innocent people their lives.
Although
RiRi tried to backpedal on her international political view by deleting the
post, it was retweeted nearly 70,000 times before she took it down,according to
the Twitter analytics site Favstar.
@RIHANNA VIA TWITTERRihanna tweeted ‘#FreePalestine’ on July 15,
then deleted the tweet.
A
source close to the sexy songstress told
TMZ thatRihanna had clicked a link in an article and the politically
charged tweet posted.
“She
deleted it because it was never meant to be tweeted,” the source said.
“She
didn’t even realize it was a tweet until she started hearing from her fans,”
the source added.
Rihanna
followed up with a message calling for peace.
“Let’s
pray for peace and a swift end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! Is there
any hope?” she wrote.
Dwight
Howard also bit his social media tongue recently when he too tweeted
“#FreePalestine” after a follower clued him in to the devastation taking place
there.
“@DwightHoward
this is Gaza, Palestine being bombed by Israel,” @NckJ6 tweeted the NBA star Saturday.
“151 innocent civilians have been killed thus far.”
Howard wrote back saying, “@NckJ6
wow how can I help.”
“@DwightHoward
honestly best thing to do is spread awareness and tell everyone you can,” @NckJ6
responded. “Many innocent lives are at stake #FreePalestine.”
With
that the Houston Rockets’ center tweeted his support for Palestine. Like, the
“Diamonds” singer, Howard also deleted the post shortly after. Unlike RiRi, the
28-year-old professional athlete apologized for his actions.
“Previous
tweet was a mistake,” he tweeted Saturday. “I have never commented on
international politics and never will.
“I
apologize if I offended anyone with my previous tweet,” he added. “It was a mistake!”
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