Much to everyone’s dismay, Fast And Furious star Paul Walker passed away in 2013 in a car accident and when this news broke in the media, his fans were shocked and aghast as he was considered to be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Not only fans, his best friend and co-star Vin Diesel was also devastated after learning about his sudden death. Since the actor has made an impact on his fans and in the industry, imagine someone making fun of on social media where millions of people can see. Well, here we are talking about Walmart who recently joked about his car accident on their social media which got him in the hot waters.
Well, the superstore tweeted on Thursday, "Hey, Paul Walker. Click it, or ticket" in response to a Twitter user when he found out about Walmart's Pillsbury offerings, he tweeted a GIF of cars speeding through traffic with the caption "*me racin to the nearest Wally World*" The moment he made the tweet, this quickly came into his fans’ notice and called them insensitive and inappropriate. Reading so many hateful comments, they quickly deleted it but a user took a screenshot of it and here it is below.
Some Walmart social media intern has no idea what happened to Paul Walker and they're about to be in trouble lol pic.twitter.com/JElJgtALG9
— Sam Wertz (@thesheabridge) January 16, 2020
Check out their hateful comments as well below:
When I saw that Walmart made a Paul Walker joke... pic.twitter.com/WaAF71zYJy
— Ronny Church (@ronnychurch22) January 17, 2020
Dude, not cool. Paul Walker was known for giving back and helping others. I met a wardrobe dresser when I worked on a commercial in the Captain America outfit. She literally cried talking about him
— Brandon Saario (@SaarioBrandon) January 16, 2020
Them bitches at Walmart then made a dead joke about my man Paul Walker 😡
— Mrs Paul Walker (@KAYLA_OfCourse) January 17, 2020
🗣 EVERYBODY KEEP STEALING FROM THEM MFS!
@Walmart why the fxxk would you make a joke about paul walker you disgraceful fools
— Blankyourself (@XxSodapop0xX) January 17, 2020
For the uninitiated, according to Business Insider, Walmart's response was likely a reference to a line from the Comedy Central show "Workaholics." The episode of "Workaholics" where the line in question was said aired before Walker died. However, some Twitter users understood the context and said, “Not that many people watched Workaholics because no one got the reference that Walmart did with the Paul Walker joke.”
That's a line from Workaholics but it has not aged well.
— The Hot Compress to the Eye Smasher (@dansbadtweets) January 16, 2020
A lot of y’all have never watched workaholics and it shows
— Dr. Chad jr. (@thisaintevenme) January 16, 2020
While some simply found the tweet insensitive as Walker died.
Image source: Instagram/ paulwalker