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Over the past few years, there have been several instances where celebrities have been fired for essentially pushing a button.
The latest case occurred on Thursday morning (9 May) when 5 Live host Danny Baker was fired by the BBC for a "racist" tweet he sent about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new baby.
After receiving backlash from disgusted Twitter users, Baker deleted the post and commented: “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased."
The BBC responded swiftly. Less than 24 hours after he first sent the tweet, Baker was fired.
A spokesperson said; “This was a serious error of judgment and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us.”
In the wake of this news, below are five other celebrities who have found themselves fired for inappropriate tweets they've sent.
Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweetsShow all 5 1 /5Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweets Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweets Katie Hopkins Katie Hopkins was sacked from LBC in May 2017 for appearing to call for genocide in a tweet following the Manchester terror attack that killed 22. "We need a final solution," she wrote.
The radio station's statement read: "LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately."
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Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweets Kevin Hart Kevin Hart may not technically have been sacked from hosting the Oscars in 2019, but the actor-comedian stepped down after refusing to apologise for resurfaced homophobic tweets. “I chose to pass. I passed on the apology,” he said, repeating that the issue of the tweets had been addressed in the past.
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Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweets Roseanne Barr In May 2018, Roseanne Barr's hit sitcom Roseanne was cancelled by ABC after she ranted about former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett on Twitter. The actor compared Jarrett to Planet of the Apes and linked her to the Islamist organisation Muslim Brotherhood.
ABC moved ahead with a spinoff, titled The Conners, which Barr was not invited to be a part of.
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Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweets James Gunn Despite being reinstated as director of Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3, James Gunn was initially let go by Disney in August 2018 after coming under fire for old jokes he made joking about 9/11 and paedophilia on Twitter.
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Five celebrities who were sacked for controversial tweets Danny Baker Broadcaster Danny Baker was sacked from his 5 Live show after tweeting about the royal baby using a photo of a chimpanzee. He was accused of racism after seemingly mocking Meghan Markle’s racial heritage in a now deleted post that featured an image of two people holding hands with a small monkey dressed in a suit.
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The royal baby – whose name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor – was born on Monday 6 May before making his first public appearance at Windsor Castle two days later.
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