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Adam Scott tells Mitch McConnell to take down his ‘Parks and Rec’ GIF

(CNN) — “Parks and Recreation” star Adam Scott was not OK with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell using a GIF featuring his character, Ben Wyatt. Scott tweeted Wednesday:

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McConnell used the GIF in response to a tweet by a reporter on Monday who was sharing a comment from President Donald Trump regarding a Supreme Court nomination. Before Scott’s response, several users tweeted GIFs from the show to express their opinions of the tweet, both showing support and mocking the Senate majority leader. This isn’t the first time a cast or crew member of “Parks and Rec” responded to a political tweet that used GIFs from the show. In February 2018, show creator Michael Schur responded to a tweet from the NRA under his Twitter alias Ken Tremendous after a CNN town hall. The organization used the show’s main character, Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, to thank spokeswoman Dana Loesch for defending gun rights. “Hi, please take this down. I would prefer you not use a GIF from a show I worked on to promote your pro-slaughter agenda,” Schur tweeted. Schur ended the tweet with a strongly worded message for the NRA directly from Poehler, as she doesn’t have a Twitter account. Scott and co-star Nick Offerman, who played Ron Swanson, also responded to the NRA tweet with similar sentiments. The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.

French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore

SINGAPORE (AP) — A French student was fined 600 Singapore dollars ($465) after pleading guilty Thursday to a public nuisance charge in Singapore for filming himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back in what lawyers described as a social media stunt. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the straw and returning it to the vending machine while recording the act for his online followers. It happened at a shopping mall in March and he was charged in April after his video spread rapidly. Another charge of mischief was taken into consideration during sentencing. The court imposed the fine and did not order any community-based sentence after considering mitigating factors. The public nuisance charge carries a penalty of up to three months in prison. Prosecutors sought only the maximum fine of 2,000 Singapore dollars ($1,551), saying the staged act was intended for social media and risked undermining confidence in the hygiene of a commonly used vending machine.
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