NEW YORK: Lindsay Lohan went viral on social media in the early hours of Friday. Only this time, it wasn’t about her transgressions.
The actress, who is as well known for her legal troubles and stints in rehab as she is for her roles in Disney’s “Freaky Friday” and “Parent Trap,” weighed in on the global financial panic over Brexit in dozens of tweets posted through early Friday morning.
“good luck with the pound.. will take you about 15 years to get it back up #REMAIN instead,” Lohan (@LindsayLohan) tweeted to 9.3 million followers as sterling began to plummet and markets came to terms with the fact that British voters had decided they wanted their country to leave the European Union.
Reuters counted at least 31 tweets in two hours before the former child star, who has taken up residence in London for a West End production of “Speed the Plow,” deleted her anti-Brexit rants Friday morning.
Lohan wasn’t the only celebrity to flaunt economic insights on social media. Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco), the retired All-Star baseball player who tweeted
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) tweeted: “I don’t think I’ve ever wanted magic more.”
Model and actress Elizabeth Hurley, however, appeared to sleep soundly Friday morning. A photo posted to her Twitter account @ElizabethHurley about an hour after the BBC declared a Brexit shows her asleep next to her dog with the caption “Sweet dreams” and the hashtag #Brexit.
Ahead of the vote, Hurley had urged Britons to vote “Leave” by posting a photo of herself on social media wearing only a Union flag.
The actress, who is as well known for her legal troubles and stints in rehab as she is for her roles in Disney’s “Freaky Friday” and “Parent Trap,” weighed in on the global financial panic over Brexit in dozens of tweets posted through early Friday morning.
“good luck with the pound.. will take you about 15 years to get it back up #REMAIN instead,” Lohan (@LindsayLohan) tweeted to 9.3 million followers as sterling began to plummet and markets came to terms with the fact that British voters had decided they wanted their country to leave the European Union.
Reuters counted at least 31 tweets in two hours before the former child star, who has taken up residence in London for a West End production of “Speed the Plow,” deleted her anti-Brexit rants Friday morning.
Lohan wasn’t the only celebrity to flaunt economic insights on social media. Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco), the retired All-Star baseball player who tweeted
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) tweeted: “I don’t think I’ve ever wanted magic more.”
Model and actress Elizabeth Hurley, however, appeared to sleep soundly Friday morning. A photo posted to her Twitter account @ElizabethHurley about an hour after the BBC declared a Brexit shows her asleep next to her dog with the caption “Sweet dreams” and the hashtag #Brexit.
Ahead of the vote, Hurley had urged Britons to vote “Leave” by posting a photo of herself on social media wearing only a Union flag.
