Okay, let’s get the bad news out of the way right up front: According to a Reuters report, the Christopher Walken sending out all those great tweets on Twitter? Yeah, he’s a fake.
But on the plus side, the social networking site loved currently being used by everyone and their mom (except Walken) can teach us some valuable lessons, including the importance of being careful what you say… no matter who you are.
It seems Courtney Love is being sued by a clothing designer named Dawn Simorangkir, who charges that the potty-mouthed singer has been sending trash-talkin’ tweets which she believes constitute defamation of character.
"Whoops, I did it again. Hey, that should be a song!"
Interestingly enough, the designer’s complaint doesn’t exactly take the high road. It reads, in part, “Whether caused by a drug-induced psychosis, a warped understanding of reality or the belief that her money and fame allow her to disregard regard the law, Love has embarked [on] what is nothing short of an obsessive and delusional crusade to terrorize and destroy Simorangkir, Simorangkir’s reputation and her livelihood,” Reuters reports.
Open mouth, insert lawsuit.
While this gives Love the dubious distinction of being the first celeb sued for sending out tweets (when, in fact, it is her gramatically-challenged, obscenity-fueled missives that are the real crime), the rest of us might walk away with a valuable lesson in civility: If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me… and whisper in my ear. Because once your words are out there, you might just be asked to take responsibility for them.
