Apple CEO Tim Cook's epic fail when congratulating Australia on gay marriage vote
Twitter users were pretty quick to point out his fault.
Australia has officially thrown its support behind legalising gay marriage, and a wave of celebrities are congratulating the nation via Twitter.
Among the high profile supporters was Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is openly gay himself. But Cook's tweet, although very polite and congratulatory to Australia, left the tech tycoon with some egg on his face. At the end of his message he included a flag emoji, the only problem was, it wasn't the Australian flag...
Cook had put up a New Zealand flag (which is extremely similar and only differentiated by red stars instead of white). He quickly deleted his gaff and replaced it with the correct Australian flag:
Congratulations Australia! Another important step toward equality for all. 🇦🇺 #MarriageEquality
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) November 15, 2017
But speedy Twitter users still managed to get a screen shot:
And people were quick to have a laugh about it:
If Tim Cook picking the wrong country flag for Australia isn't motivation enough for Apple to redesign the emoji picker, than I don't know what is https://t.co/dX9ifTeVfC
— Pat Murray â¤ï¸ðŸ§¡ðŸ’›ðŸ’šðŸ’™ðŸ’œ (@_patmurray) November 15, 2017
Wrong flag brother... it’s this one 🇦🇺
— Albert. ðŸ³ï¸â€ðŸŒˆ (@albs_bruh) November 15, 2017
Fairly sure that’s the New Zealand flag 🇳🇿... they’ve had #marriagequality for ages now!
— Josh Sanderson-Kirk (@JoshSK1) November 15, 2017
iPhones have this cool feature where if you type the country it suggests its flag to you. Who knew?
Australia spent $120 million (£69 million) on a postal plebiscite vote to gauge the public's views towards gay marriage. Results returned on Wednesday (15 November) with 61% voting in favour. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has now pledged to make gay marriage legal by Christmas.
Other celebrities chimed in on twitter:
It’s a g’day. Way to go Australia. #MarriageEquality pic.twitter.com/0tdnBHPAW1
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) November 14, 2017
YES YES YES YES YES AUSTRALIA - YES!!!!!!! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆðŸŒˆ
— Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) November 14, 2017
Good work Australia! Good work indeed x
— James Corden (@JKCorden) November 14, 2017
