Those almost hard-to-comprehend numbers of followers that we see near the names of celebrities' social media accounts can make it seem as if there's no way they could ever notice us. Luckily (or not), it's not as impossible as it sometimes appears to be. As it turns out, some folks out there manage to not only grab the attention of someone famous but even get the pleasure of being blocked by them.
Recently, Reddit user u/hugocaldera6 hit up the platform with a pretty interesting question that quickly received a lot of attention: "Which celebrity has blocked you on social media and why?" they asked fellow users. As of now, the thread has over 7,000 answers from Redditors sharing their best stories about getting blocked by celebrities and famous brand accounts on social media. Without further ado, Bored Panda invites you to look at some of the best ones.
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#21
Jeffree Star once blocked me on MySpace because I kept leaving comments on his page saying things like "Hey man, great party last night!" to get random fans of his to send me friend requests. After maybe the third time, he responded angrily telling me to stop and blocked me from leaving comments.
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91points
#22
A famous astronomer blocked me because I blocked him.
I was following him but his posts were overwhelming my feed. Retweets were off too. I unfollowed but days later, my feed was still all his posts. So I blocked him to stop it.
A few years later, thought I’d try again since Twitter’s made changes and he has me blocked.
Alrighty then, Phil. Be that way
87points
#23
I remember someone saying they got blocked by Hulk Hogan for telling him he doesn't need to sign his tweets off with HH.
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87points
#24
I told Janoris Jenkins that he was burnt toast and couldn’t cover me
He still can’t cover but he knows how to block apparently
80points
#25
Many years ago, I did a REALLY bad photoshop of Bill Murray and I by the Hollywood sign. Posted it on his Facebook, and I was blocked. I still love you Billy... :)
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78points
#26
B.O.B that Airplanes in the Night Sky rapper. DM'd him on insta calling him an idiot for being a flat earther and I was blocked within a couple of hours
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77points
#27
Khloe Kardashian blocked me for commenting her real dad's name....even though Kylie Jenner tweeted a pic of Khloe and her real dad and captioned it saying so, but it was immediately deleted.
It's Alex Roldan, Kris Jenners ex hairstylist. Khloes middle name is Alexandra as well. Lamar Odom has also said he's met Alex numerous times.
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70points
#28
Jameela Jamil. She kept apologizing for a past insensitive thing she said about a group of people. After the fourth or fifth time, I said something to the effect of “We get it. You don’t have to keep apologizing.” She said “F*** off” and blocked me.
65points
#29
Devin Sawa! I called him a d*** for making fun of poor people and he made my tweet his cover photo for a little while and then blocked me hahaahahaha
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64points
#30
Bryan Singer. This was when the accusations came out
I commented on an Instagram post "where are all the comments attacking him for being a scumbag"
Someone said he was deleting them all. He then blocked me and made his account private.
61points