Reality TV star Stephanie Pratt is facing major backlash on Twitter after echoing US President Donald Trump’s calls to “shoot the looters” on Sunday.
Pratt’s tweet was in response to the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, which began following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers last week. Some of the weekend’s protests led to violence and looting, the latter of which Pratt was most concerned over.
“Shoot the looters,” a screenshot of Pratt’s since-deleted tweet read. “Using this tragedy as their excuse to rob and burn all of our towns down,” the Los Angeles native continued.
Unfortunately for Pratt, she appeared to have forgotten her 2006 arrest for shoplifting $1,300 worth of clothing from a Neiman Marcus in Hawaii.
Twitter, however, did not forget, and people were quick to remind her.
“Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to shoplift from them later,” one person wrote in response to Pratt’s tweet, sharing a photo of her mugshot as well.
“Uhh, weren’t you arrested for stealing $1,300 worth of clothing?” another questioned.
Others seemed to be confused as to why Pratt, who appeared on MTV’s The Hills before moving to the UK to appear on Made in Chelsea, was even famous.
“Wait a minute, who are you?” read a gif that was tweeted in response to a different post from Pratt.
Pratt continued to tweet about the rioting taking place, but her failure to acknowledge why protests began drew criticism from hundreds of people on Twitter. “Anyone else sobbing watching their town being burned down?” Pratt asked.
“No, we are sobbing watching a black man murdered in front of our own eyes by a cop. Things can be replaced lives cannot. Check your white privilege,” one person on Twitter responded.
