During the 85th Academy Awards , a post on '' The Onion '' s Twitter account called 9-year-old Best Actress nominee Quvenzhané Wallis " a cunt " . The post was deleted within an hour , but not before hundreds of angry responses . CEO Steve Hannah issued an apology to Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , calling the remarks " crude and offensive " and " No person should be subjected to such a senseless , humorless comment masquerading as satire . " Scott Dikkers — who was Vice President Creative Development for the publication at the time — said in an interview with NBC 5 Chicago that the publication had sent an apology note to Quvenzhané and her family but also stated , " She 's a big star now . I think she can take it . " The publication 's public apology was denounced by some former '' Onion '' writers , with one stating , " It was n't a great joke , but big deal . " On June 16 , 2017 , '' The Onion '' featured an article of professional wrestler The Big Show being killed by WWE after a seven-year-old boy wandered into a steel cage during a live event in Indianapolis . The article , meant to lampoon the real-life killing of Harambe , received criticism for satirizing the murder of an actual person , as well as leading many wrestling fans to believe Big Show was dead
85th Academy Awards
85th Academy Awards
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