At his end-of-year press conference, President Obama spoke at length about North Korea hacking and threatening Sony Pictures. During his statements, he accidentally referred to The Interview actor James Franco as "James Flacco."
And that was all Twitter needed.
James Flacco: https://t.co/jsKjhmOo2z
— SportsPickle (@sportspickle) December 19, 2014
Immediately, the instant-update social network started doing what it does best. Here are some of the funniest tweets we've spotted.
James Flacco is a Super Bowl winning actor. #elite pic.twitter.com/R50i7Dmej7 — Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) December 19, 2014
Obama just called James Franco "James Flacco" and everyone tweeted the same joke. https://t.co/EQBqj1jE6K pic.twitter.com/43bsoRPYjd — SB Nation (@SBNation) December 19, 2014
"Have James Flacco killed" --Kim Jong-Un, presumably — David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) December 19, 2014
James Flacco is the new Adele Dazeem — Vanessa Golembewski (@vgolembewski) December 19, 2014
Flaccos, ranked: 1. James Flacco 2. Joe Flacco — Garrett Quinn (@GarrettQuinn) December 19, 2014
I thought James Flacco and Adele Dazeem were great in Philomania. — Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 19, 2014
Seth Rogen and James Flacco pic.twitter.com/fjGPMh28vX — Adam Tiouririne (@Tiouririne) December 19, 2014
@PeytonsHead @instapundit this is what happened when I searched for James Flacco pic.twitter.com/AdaWNYxGhp — John Locke (@jlocke613) December 19, 2014
James Flacco...according to President Obama pic.twitter.com/7jdPgu9Fq4 — Jim Rome (@jimrome) December 19, 2014
"I love Seth Rogen and I love James Flacco" -- Obama, confusing a mediocre, overpaid actor with a mediocre, overpaid quarterback — Peter (@PeterTheCrate) December 19, 2014
I didn't watch the Obama presser, was too busy ordering James Flacco posters — Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) December 19, 2014
Right now Hollywood is rewriting all credits for James Franco to James Flacco so they can avoid admitting Obama made a mistake. — Remulak MoxArgon (@moxargon) December 19, 2014
I drafted James Flacco in my fantasy hollywood league — Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) December 19, 2014
@KatiePavlich Obama really sympathizes with James Flacco & Seth Roethlisberger. — Sicario (@emmdee22) December 19, 2014
