The Onion Calls 9-Yr-Old Oscar Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis A C**t; Reaps Horrible Internet Karma!

2/25/2013 10:22 AM ET | Filed under: Icky Icky Poo • Twitter • Oscars • Bullying

Ugh… this was not irony! This was just poor taste!

Satirical news outlet The Onion usually garners laughs from their followers, but Sunday night they tweeted an epic fail.

In the Oscar spirit, they mini-blurbed a joke about nine-year-old Beasts of the Southern Wild star, Quvenzhané Wallis, saying:

"Everyone else seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a c**t, right? #Oscars2013"

AhhhHHHH!!! WTF!?!

Immediately offensive, the tweet was later deleted but the damage was done.

You just don't label a child a 'C U NEXT TUESDAY!' You just don't!!

Now the company is compiled of a NUMBER of writers, so the joke obviously wasn't something that represents every staffer's taste.

But someone cleared it to represent everyone via Twitter, and now the whole internet thinks The Onion smells super foul right now.

Wire star Wendell Pierce tweets:

"Identify the writer. Let him defend that abhorrent verbal attack of a child. You call it humor I call it horrendous. It doesn't matter what the intent was, it was offensive and they should apologize to Quvenzhane."

Meanwhile, Keith Olbermann wrote:

"Half-heard story of @TheOnion tweet; assumed I heard wrong. No; they DID wrong. Retract, apologize, dismiss."

And Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead said:

"9-year olds are always so into irony. #AndAlwaysAppreciateIt #Edgy #Fail"

We doubt Qu's confidence took a toll from the joke, but still — we can't go around letting people think they can get away with bullying children.

Hopefully they release a statement about it soon. Ironic or not!

But in happier news, CLICK HERE to see our favorite moments from the ceremony in GIFs!!!

[Image via Adrianna M Barraza/WENN.]

Tags: c word, oscars, quvenzhane wallis, the onion, tweet, twitter

Fergie_beat_Marios_Ass says – reply to this

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Tah much worse than Mario calling 9 year old Noah Cyrus a SLUT among other things you have said about young girls. Oh yea much worse
ViewFromHere says – reply to this

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But setting up a "pre-meditated" photo of you shitting on the Bieber is just fine.
WillowWynde says – reply to this

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“… we can't go around letting people think they can get away with bullying children.” It wasn’t too long ago you were bullying Adam Sandler’s daughter for her looks. You are such a hypocrite!
Alec haas says – reply to this

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Ha.. Funny but when I watched oscars I did think she seemed like an arrogant little twat when she kept flexing her arms every time they said her name.. But I wouldn't be stupid enough to calm her a c**t
Dave Yngvar Hayes says – reply to this

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Bad taste? Yes.
Bullying? Get a life.
Teaching kids to be hypersensitive does WAY more damage than making a distasteful joke at their expense.
tony says – reply to this

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she is just another B—- in the making. Very disrespectful.
Nickey111 says – reply to this

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Thank GOD someone else hated that kid!
shaygirl1309 says – reply to this

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its the ONION, what kind of goofy ass name is that anyway.
Bella2u says – reply to this

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I haven't seen this kid in anything before. What is she? An actress, singer? And what did she do to deserve to be called that way? I mean if the kid is nasty, it doesn't matter to me if the whole world calls her names. But, I really would like to know what has sparked this particular comment (her being c _ _ t). Can anyone please post some info about this for me?
Ali says – reply to this

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Re: Nickey111 – Shame on you. She's a child.
Ali says – reply to this

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Re: Nickey111 – Don't thank God for such horrendous behavior towards a child. He won't see it that way you moron.
SamJr says – reply to this

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Perez why do you have the body of a little guy yet have the head of the Dwarf from Game of Thrones?
I'm sure you must have Dwarfism in your family as 99/100 people would think that after a head only photo!!