Walmart mocks Paul Walker's death in tweet, gets canceled by furious fans on social media
Retail giant Walmart has come under fire for releasing an insensitive tweet about late actor Paul Walker's death and the same has gotten the 'Fast and Furious' star's fans really upset.
Walmart is in hot water after sharing the tweet. The tweet released on Thursday, January 16 from their official handle read, "Hey, Paul Walker. Click it, or ticket." Walker had died as a passenger in a single-car accident in November 2013 at the young age of 40.
The comment had been a response to a user who tweeted about a picture on Walmart selling Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls with a gif of a car racing through traffic. The user had captioned the picture, "Me racin[g] to the nearest Wally World." Walmart released a statement to Fox and said, "We apologize to Paul Walker’s family, friends and fans. The tweet was posted in poor judgment and has been removed."
Fans and followers of Walker took to social media to slam the retail giant. One user shared, "Whoa. Fck you @walmart," while another added, "That's horrible. WTF is Walmart doing here?" A third social media user shared, "Thanks for reminding me they had to identify Paul Walker’s body by dental records."
Another disturbed social media user commented saying, "Its a shame, back when people were decent, this would have closed a business, @Walmart are not. Now, ppl are like 'that's awful ' ... ***checks Walmart app to see if groceries are ready***."
Walmart recognized its mistake and quickly deleted the tweet after facing serious backlash for it. However, several people had taken screenshots of the faux pas by that time that are still being circulated on social media.
As per a lawsuit filed by Walker's daughter, Meadow, Walker had been the passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT and had got trapped by his seatbelt in the burning car after a high-speed crash. The lawsuit also claimed that Walker's seatbelt had "snapped Walker’s torso back with thousands of pounds of force, thereby breaking his ribs and pelvis."
The suit further claimed that the car- the Carrerra GT had stabilization issues.
