Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a cunt, right? #Oscars2013
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The Onion (@TheOnion) February 25, 2013We know The Onion is all about satire, but Wallis is 9 years old! What is wrong with those people?
So someone at @TheOnion is surely getting fired tomorrow, yes? Fucking reprehensible to call a 9-year old a cunt.—
Danielle (@knottyyarn) February 25, 2013
@TheOnion really needs to get their life and APOLOGIZE to that CHILD. She is a CHILD!! And you are WAY out of line.—
Nicole (@nikkynicole) February 25, 2013
I never heard of The Onion before tonight but after that tweet, I'm glad. Calling a 9 year old a cunt? Shit is trashy.—
Aye. (@bella_faccia) February 25, 2013
Someone at The Onion is getting fired.—
Hannah/ハンナ (@yurushite_nyan) February 25, 2013
I hope whomever at @TheOnion sent that tweet gets exactly what they deserve. From both the law and the street.—
Dustin Ross (@DustinRossSaid) February 25, 2013
I usually defend @TheOnion but just no.—
Travis Greene (@travisegreene) February 25, 2013
Oh, boo to the Onion. I generally find them hilarious but I draw the line at calling 9 year olds ugly names, even in jest.—
Holly (@hollye83) February 25, 2013
@TheOnion not ok with this!—
DreyO (@MynameisOdrey) February 25, 2013
Bad move, Onion.
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More reaction:
Just read through a few hundred replies to @TheOnion tweet calling a 9 yo a cunt. Zero people found funny.—
Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) February 25, 2013
Look, I get comedy. I get satire. But what @TheOnion said about a 9-year-old girl nominated for an Oscar is atrocious.—
(@rolandsmartin) February 25, 2013
And who are the 417 fools who retweeted @TheOnion's shameful comment about Quvenzhane, and the 306 that favorited it? Talk about idiots!—
(@rolandsmartin) February 25, 2013
Update, 1:49 am ET:
The Onion has deleted the tweet. But like we always say, Twitchy is forever.
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The Onion Apologizes on.fb.me/Zvcm1q—
The Onion (@TheOnion) February 25, 2013
Finally.
