Celebrities React To Boston Explosions On Social Media
Throughout this week, news has been breaking nationwide by the hour from the Boston marathon bombings, and the stars in Hollywood have all had something to say about it. Some gave their words of wisdom in one tweet but some have continued to show their support through social media. Boston natives Ben Affleck and Mark Wahlberg both took to Twitter to show support for their hometown. Affleck even changed his profile photo on his account to the Boston Red Sox famous 'B' and the word 'strong' underneath, representing they will have the resilience to fight back.
Wahlberg was a little more vocal about his feelings toward the explosions though. He offered "thoughts and prayers" to the people in Boston on Twitter, but spoke how he really felt at the premiere of his new film "Pain and Gain" in New York Monday night.
"I really didn't even want to come tonight. I hadn't really heard much- I spoke to my mom, and most of my family seems to be OK. It's such a big event, there's so many people there. It's horrible man. It's (expletive) disgusting, man. I just- I'm very upset," said Wahlberg at the premiere.
Later in the week, he also retweeted a link for a charity to help raise money to support the victims and families in Boston. Actress Zoe Saldana also tweeted throughout the week to remind people to keep thinking about the people in Boston.
The three Kardashian sisters and Mama Jenner all took time out of their busy schedules to share a tweet, but didn't focus too long on the tragedy because they had to promote their seemingly more important things for their career. They could have at least put all of the promoting and tweeting for their careers and personal life aside for just that one day, as people in Boston had their limbs amputated and a family lost an 8-year-old son that day. Instead, they were too "busy" tweeting about their beauty products or what was happening at that moment in their life to realize they should have taken the day off on Twitter because no one cared about what they were saying anyway.
Couples like President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and Channing Tatum and his wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum shared their deepest sympathies to all of the people in Boston. "New Kids On The Block" singer Joey McIntyre even took to Twitter to let everyone know he was okay after finishing the marathon himself. Singers, actors and politicians alike sent their love to Boston through social media, and the picture of hashtag "Pray For Boston" went viral on the web Monday. It has been used at the end of tweets to remind people we need to be praying a little more than usual at a time like this.