Total Beauty, the beauty website which tweeted praise to Oprah Winfrey for her tattoos when it was actually Whoopi Goldberg, has apologised for its mistake and offered to donate money to a charity of the actresses’ choice.
Here’s the original tweet, which has since been deleted:
Twitter audiences mercilessly teased Total Beauty for its mistake:
Look, #totalbeauty! Will Smith appeared at the Oscars after all! #ThatsNotOprah pic.twitter.com/Q6Sa7RkBev
— Gina Bee (@GinaSpot) February 29, 2016
Oprah is looking fierce, tonight! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/QNXsnS13qw — david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 29, 2016
Can’t believe Oprah is actually an Egyptian-Australian. pic.twitter.com/e0rTbmtdZK
— Osman Faruqi (@oz_f) February 29, 2016
Oprah Winfrey has finally arrived on the red carpet. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/hCoJx8IrAw — The Studio Exec (@studioexec1) February 29, 2016
Oprah back in 2012 after winning her Oscar pic.twitter.com/TuJQ8U9Rql
— Tony Haile (@arctictony) February 29, 2016
The beauty company has apologised for its ‘snafu’:
We’d like to apologize to Oprah and Whoopi, as well as everyone we’ve offended. It was our error, and there are no excuses. We’re sorry.
— Total Beauty (@TotalBeauty) February 29, 2016
Using this #Oscars #SNAFU as an opportunity to donate $10k to @whoopigoldberg & @oprah‘s charity of choice. #ThatsNotOprah #WeMeanIt
— Total Beauty (@TotalBeauty) February 29, 2016
