Last week CNN anchor Anderson Cooper shredded suspended MSNBC host Alec Baldwin for “repeatedly lying” about calling a photographer a “cocksucking fag” (or “cocksucking fathead,” according to Baldwin’s expert acoustic analysts). In two now-deleted Sunday night tweets, Baldwin hit back by needling Cooper about his performance … in the ratings.
But the Cooper/Baldwin feud isn’t over quite yet.
"Don't lie about it afterward." – @AndersonCooper's thoughts on #AlecBaldwin #AC360Later
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) November 19, 2013
Enter @AlecBaldwin, an unverified Twitter account with under 28,000 followers. The account follows six accounts, including two Howard Stern-related accounts.
https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin/status/402648194590736384
https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin/status/402648472484323328
https://twitter.com/AlecBaldwin/status/402648581091622912
Alec Baldwin’s official Twitter account, @ABFAlecBaldwin, has over 1 million followers and displays Twitter’s blue “Verified” icon. But that didn’t stop Cooper from replying as if @AlecBaldwin was the real, unhinged deal.
.@AlecBaldwin are you drunk? You're kind of embarrassing yourself. I wish you well.
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 19, 2013
Twitter verdict: Fake account.
https://twitter.com/PHanz88/status/402662615169896448
@andersoncooper @AlecBaldwin Anderson, I think that's a fake account. The real one is @ABFalecbaldwin
— John Ho (@jsho12) November 19, 2013
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Before signing off for the night, Cooper acknowledged that the account was likely fake.
.@AlecBaldwin I've got to assume this is a fake account. It would be too embarrassing otherwise
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 19, 2013
But on the off chance it’s Baldwin using his old handle to troll Cooper, here’s some sage exit advice:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/402662199732477952
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