Avril Lavigne calls out Zuckerberg for Nickelback joke
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not a fan of Nickelback. Frankly, most of the Internet isn't either. But Zuckerberg's dig at the band in a recent video drew the ire of pop singer Avril Lavigne.
It started earlier this week when Zuckerberg posted a video on Facebook — obviously — of his A.I. assistant Jarvis, which puts Zuck ahead of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the race to become real-life Iron Man.
Midway through the video, Zuckerberg asks Jarvis, voiced by actor Morgan Freeman, to "play us some good Nickelback songs."
Jarvis responded as you might expect. "I'm sorry, Mark. I'm afraid I can't do that. There are no good Nickelback songs."
"Good. That was actually a test," says Zuckerberg.
Lavigne — who was once married to Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger — was not happy, posting a note on Twitter calling out Zuckerberg.
The full note:
Dear Mark,
Many people use your products -- some people love them and some people don't. Either way, you're allowed your musical opinion however, your jab at Nickelback is in poor taste.
When you have a voice like yours, you may want to consider being more responsible with promoting bullying, especially given what's going on in the world today.
#SayNoToBullying #TheJokeIsOld #NickelbackHasSoldOver50MillionAlbums
Not everyone agrees with this, as her mentions on this post make pretty clear.
Is the joke old? Yes, so much so there has been actual research done on why we hate Nickelback's music. Will we ever tire of this joke? Of course not.
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