With the Vikings looking to secure a W at home against the Dallas Cowboys today, their media team was taking a massive L on the jumbotron.
During the first half of the highly-anticipated showdown between NFC heavyweights, the Vikings took a moment to honor a member of the military… Or so they thought.
The team posted a tweet from someone who was pretending to have a cousin in the army by the name of Joel. But that’s not Joel in the photo. It’s adult film star Johnny Sins.
“@Vikings This is my cousin Joel who served in the Army. He haw always been an inspiration and someone I look up to foe his heroism. He is also a HUGE Vikes fan #skolsalute”
The Vikings’ social media team may have been fooled by this, but the rest of the Twitterverse certainly wasn’t.
Social Media was dead after seeing this. Here are some of the best responses from social media:
