Ice-T didn’t mince his words when calling out a senior British politician after he fell for a fake story shared by a parody account. On Wednesday (March 6), the rapper-turned-actor, who isn’t afraid to engage with online haters, caught wind of an apparent interview featuring the leader of the opposition calling out his online conduct.
The post read: “Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing backlash online after criticising Ice-T (@FINALLEVEL) in a magazine interview, describing the Law & Order star as ‘corrosive’ and someone whose online conduct may encite his followers to ‘seriously hurt’ others.”
Attached were screenshots from an interview seemingly featuring Starmer complaining about Ice-T having a “corrosive” effect on young people, including his 15-year-old son.
“He’s been sharing all this truly vile stuff from some man called Ice-T,” Starmer is quoted as saying. “But I soon discovered that he’s an American entertainer – rapper, actor, whatever else – and he was running a network of abusive users online called the Final Level Twitter Gang. He posted all sorts of rubbish: swear words, illegal activities. It was affecting the way my son was behaving. We had to take his phone off him.”
Labour leader Keir Starmer is facing backlash online after criticising Ice-T (@FINALLEVEL) in a magazine interview, describing the Law & Order star as “corrosive” and someone whose online conduct may encite his followers to “seriously hurt” others.#FLTG pic.twitter.com/1qflScpv6N
— Women for Wes (@Women4Wes) March 6, 2024
While Ice-T failed to realize the post was fake, he was quick to clap back.
“Oh S###!! We’re FAMOUS! The FLTG struck a nerve! You all gotta read this… F this clown,” he wrote before adding a clown emoji.
However, all was not what it appeared to be. The post was shared by the parody account Women for Wes. Furthermore, the quotes Ice-T objected to were from a fictional interview, not the words of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.