EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison was ridiculed by social media users on Thursday after sharing an ill-timed ‘tribute’ to Blackpool Tower.
The iconic landmark was the subject of thousands of memes after it was revealed that a ‘fire’ that broke out turned out to be orange netting that had been loosened in the wind.
And while much of the internet learned of the gaffe and showed off their comedic talents with cheeky quips and posts galore, Cheryl seemed to miss the update, as she posted a selfie in front of the tower with an empowering message.
She wrote: ‘May the Tower stand tall forever in Blackpool ❤️.’
In a moment eerily similar to Olly Murs’ Oxford Circus ‘gunshots’ tweets, users quickly responded to Cheryl’s post clarifying that no fire had broken out.
EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison was ridiculed by social media users on Thursday after sharing an ill-timed ‘tribute’ to Blackpool Tower
The iconic landmark was the subject of thousands of memes after it was revealed that a ‘fire’ that broke out turned out to be orange netting that had been loosened in the wind
Tweets included: ‘It’s not on fire Cheryl it was netting,’ and
Olly sparked a flurry of social media confusion when he shared a tweet claiming gun shots were fired in central London despite police insisting they weren’t back in November 2017.
The singer, 33, was caught up in the confusion when shoppers ran for their lives outside Oxford Circus Tube station on November 24 last year.
Reports of an alleged terror attack saw Black Friday shoppers trapped inside stores while armed police patrolled the scene on one of the busiest shopping nights of the year.
Olly was inside Selfridges department store, nearly half a mile away, when the chaos unfolded.
He tweeted to his 8.4million followers: ‘F*** everyone get out of Selfridges now, gun shots! I’m inside.’
But just over an hour later British Transport Police declared there was no evidence of a terror attack.
He has faced repeated criticism for his tweet, after 16 people were injured in the stampede.
He went onto insist in an interview six months later that something ‘murky’ was going on that night and has even hinted at a cover up.
In a moment eerily similar to Olly Murs ‘ Oxford Circus ‘gunshots’ tweets, users quickly responded to Cheryl’s post clarifying that no fire had broken out
He told The Sun: ‘Something happened that day. Whether it was covered up, I don’t know.’
Olly said an employee told him and 20 others that were crammed into a backroom that they saw ‘a man in the beauty aisle with a gun’.
The Voice judge says he did not hear the gunshots himself, but decided to tweet about it when he heard the employee’s report.
He added: ‘I ran for my life thinking ‘Someone’s upstairs shooting.’ The noise of people screaming, it was terrifying.’
Police eventually said two men were involved in an altercation, which could have caused the panic.
Witnesses said the two men ‘bumped’ into each other before ‘several punches’ were thrown on the westbound platform at Oxford Circus.
But despite Olly being the other end of the street near Bond Street Tube, he is adamant something more happened.
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said just before 3pm no Thursday that six fire engines and a drone team had been sent to Blackpool Tower and urged people to ‘stay away’.
A team of specialist climbers were also seen on the Promenade, as locals gathered to watch the emergency operation.
Pictures and videos appeared to show flames coming from the top of the 520ft cast iron structure, just above a viewing area known as the Blackpool Tower Eye.
But after a helicopter was sent up to investigate the true cause of the fire, police said at around 4.30pm: ‘We can confirm what can be seen is orange netting.’
