Carl's Jr. declines to apologize for creepy Miley Cyrus tweet

Not. Appropriate.

I wonder if the @carlsjr tweets today are part of their 'content strategy' #socialmedia

— Chris Lockhart (@chrisonea) January 22, 2013

"@CarlsJr: Hallelujah y’all! Today, Miley Cyrus is legal." What the fuck ,Carl?

— Tom Bro Dude (@tombrodude) January 22, 2013

Yup! @tgwynn: I'm thinking the person that runs the @CarlsJr Twitter account might be without a job tomorrow. https://t.co/2ORuAd8u

— Ben Rimes (@techsavvyed) January 22, 2013

https://twitter.com/philipberne/status/293806668473585665

“@CarlsJr: Hallelujah y’all! Today, Miley Cyrus is legal.” highly inappropriate I refuse to dine at any of your restaurants ever again.

— together we fight (@treblackblack) January 22, 2013

We’re not sure why this tweet was re-discovered today, or why most Twitter users don’t seem to understand that the tweet appeared more than two years ago.

In response to the outrage, Carl’s Jr. profusely apologized posted a smiley-faced response noting that the tweet in question was published in November 2010:

@robdelaney Oh Rob, you're only 2+ years late on that one 🙂

— Carl’s Jr. (@CarlsJr) January 22, 2013

@MatthewKnell yep, 2+ years

— Carl’s Jr. (@CarlsJr) January 22, 2013

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Carl’s Jr. also stated that the tweet was not the result of a hacking:

@dlgold Nope – that tweet is more than 2 years old.

— Carl’s Jr. (@CarlsJr) January 22, 2013

Regardless of when it was published, the tweet is still inappropriate and today’s flippant response didn’t help matters.

Yes, the @CarlsJr tweet is two years old. STILL. CREEPY.

— zoey (@zoeythegreat) January 22, 2013

https://twitter.com/heavyhokie/status/293816256417648640

Just out of curiosity, did Carl’s Jr. ever apologize. If not, why not?

Miley Cyrus apparently didn’t hold the tweet in question against Carl’s Jr. On April 8, 2012, more than a year after the creepy Carl’s Jr. tweet appeared, she tweeted the following photo of herself sniffing a Carl’s Jr. bag with the caption: “I can’t eat it.  So I’m just gonna smell the shi******** out of it!  My mouth is LITERALLY watering.”