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Mike Reyes

It Took Being Publicly Exposed, But HBO Head Honcho Admits Creating Fake Twitter Accounts To Troll Negative Reviews Was A ‘Very Dumb Idea’

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the middle of an extremely frustrated moment in Veep.

In the early days of the pandemic, many of us got a little punchy while being cooped up at home. Admittedly, the landscape of entertainment wasn’t as robust as the 2023 TV schedule seems by comparison (at least in the pre-strike days), and people had their own ways of letting off steam. HBO CEO Casey Bloys took things farther than most, though, and he admitted to engaging in the “very, very dumb idea” of starting fake Twitter accounts dedicated to trolling critics and others sharing negative reviews regarding his network’s projects.

(Image credit: HBO)
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