17 baffling, barmy but mostly brilliant reasons people got blocked by famous people on Twitter

When someone asked Twitter users to share the reasons why they’d been blocked or unfollowed, it unleashed a torrent of stories of pettiness, umbrage and righteous anger. This is what started it.

Name a reason why somebody blocked/unfollowed you

— No Pressure (@Gon_Ride) January 10, 2018

And these 17 answers display the dark underbelly of Twitter.

1.

https://twitter.com/MorphyJim/status/995264818918711296

2.

Seeing all these tweets about the reasons people have been blocked by other people on here. That fella that got blocked by Marc Almond is still my favourite. pic.twitter.com/tb8hT3BLAV

— Andy (@alreadytaken74) May 12, 2018

3.

I got blocked by "psychic" Derek Acorah because he tweeted that one of his shows was cancelled due to circumstances beyond his control, and I asked him why he didn't know in advance. https://t.co/0lgzHOdNNO

— Bruce Lawson (@brucel) January 11, 2018

4.

I always pull this one out, but William Friedkin blocked me because I told him I paused SORCERER to watch a dog that was on a roof across the streethttps://t.co/wPqzld67wF

— Carl Garcia (@carlinspace) May 9, 2018

5.

Donald Trump Blocked me because I said eating spoonfuls of Miracle Whip has a higher approval rating than he does.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) January 11, 2018

6.

Monie Love blocked me because I included her on a Spotify playlist of my favorite female MCs. She replied: How about celebrating the MC period.” Meanwhile this… pic.twitter.com/LfahzJXwh1

— Craig Seymour (@craigspoplife) January 10, 2018

7.

Sebastian Gorka blocked me because I retweeted this pic pic.twitter.com/Aic6JTl5tQ

— Susan Cabral (@suealjen) January 11, 2018

8.

https://twitter.com/jonnymorris1973/status/995589279874207744

9.

https://twitter.com/stavvers/status/995256360899137536