When a magazine as popular as Elle makes a mistake on a social media site as popular as Instagram, people are bound to notice in a hurry. And when someone from the magazine mistakenly captioned a photo of “The Walking Dead” actress Danai Gurira as Nene Leakes from “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta”, the incident gained some negative attention pretty fast.
“#NeNeLeakes looking gorgeous in #alexanderwang and @hot diamonds #ellewitv”, read the caption, and followers immediately responded. They also took to Twitter to call out the perpetrator for making such a blatant mistake and demanded an apology. The caption has since been taken down and replaced with, “Apologies—clearly someone on our team needs glasses! The fabulous Danai Gurira looking stunning as ever!”
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This is Nene Leakes.
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fail RT @omginsider: Elle Magazine mistakes @neneleakes 4 #DanaiGurira Honest Mistake or Major Fail on.fb.me/XFCe80 #omgInsider
— Shameika Rene (@Mofochronicles) January 25, 2013
You wouldn’t mistake Jennifer Aniston for Paris Hilton. Unacceptable.RT @ellemagazine: Apologies-clearly someone on our team needs glasses!
— Tiffany (@msflowerstweets) January 25, 2013
I guess we colored folk all look alike to Elle. RT @herambrosia: @me How in the world did they mistake those two women?!? @ellemagazine
— Bujwa, RN (@BougieLa) January 25, 2013
Elle Magazine just made a HUGE mistake on their instagram!!!! lmao
— Nigel C. (@Nigel_Isaiah) January 25, 2013