If you're a controversial pop star with sexist and creepy new music, it's probably for the best to stay away from Internet trolls. This is a lesson Robin Thicke is learning the hard way. Today (July 1), the Paula singer was due to take over VH1's Twitter account for an #AskThicke Q&A, but the whole publicity stunt went horribly awry before it could even kick off the ground.
Before the #AskThicke session even began, thousands of people flooded the Twitter hashtag, inundating Thicke with questions about his moral character, the highly questionable content of his 2013 hit "Blurred Lines" and why he just can't leave his estranged wife Paula Patton alone.
Nothing was off topic for Thicke's detractors, from his infamous ass-grabbing mirror pick to his age to his constant post-marital obsession with Patton.
Check out some of the best/most antagonistic questions from #AskThicke below:
#AskThicke How far across that blurred line do you have to be before it constitutes rape?
— Jeff Leach (@jeffleach) July 1, 2014
#askthicke is misogyny a learnt trait or baby is it in your nature — eve (@eviemacready) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke Does the title of 'heinous misogynist' bother you? I mean, I know you want it — Sigourney Beaver (@OreoSpeedwagon_) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke how much do you hate mirrors now? pic.twitter.com/0YByMS1tkY — Luke James (@lukejamesbgn) June 30, 2014
#AskThicke do u gel ur hair with the grease from ur own personality
— spideypool (@MycroftLuvzCake) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke If you sang in a forest and nobody was there to hear it would you still sound like a creepy, rapey, pound-shop Justin Timberlake? — Stay Lucky Clothing (@StayLuckyCo) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke What's it like being the human personification of a mid life crisis? — TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke will Pharrell be writing the best bit of the answers for you? — Baz (@bazlyons) July 1, 2014
#AskThicke Did you really write a rape anthem as a love song for your wife and are you still wondering why she left you?
— Maria (@MariaJPrice) July 1, 2014
If you HAD to choose, would you rather be remembered for a rape anthem, the public stalking of Paula or cultural appropriation?#AskThicke — Rachel McKibbens (@RachelMcKibbens) June 30, 2014
As could be expected, Thicke and question curators VH1 largely strayed away from the more accusatory Twitter questions and largely stuck to things regarding his new album Paula, which was released today. He laughed off the controversy with a simple "Hahaha" though...
And then logged off after 15 minutes.
