The Top 10 Most Shocking Celebrity Scandals of 2011
7. Anthony Weiner’s Tweets
“To be clear, the picture was of me and I sent it.” So ended the Anthony Weiner scandal, which resulted from lewd photos of himself. Weiner, a congressman from New York, sent via Twitter to six women. He had denied it initially, but it ultimately caused him to resign from Congress, saying he cannot continue in office amid the intense controversy surrounding sexually explicit messages he sent online to several women. “He was much more himself on Twitter than anyone would advise a public figure to be,” said Toure, author of “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness.” “Twitter is just a microphone that allows you to say whatever you want, to whoever wants to listen. So, you know, it doesn’t make you stupid, it just amplifies the potential to be stupid. And so you say stupid things, and there you are.”
