President Donald Trump has received countless jabs since his tweet Friday claiming Time Magazine him called to say he was “PROBABLY” going to be named their Man of the Year, but he “took a pass.”
Celebs jumped on the “probably” bandwagon with “thanks anyway, but no” tweets of their own.
“.@nytimes just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named comedienne of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus wrote.
Dave Foley kicked it up a notch: “The Bible just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named Messiah but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably was no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway.”
And the mocking continued.
TIME wanted me to be their Person of the Year, but I said no! Won’t pose with Pennywise the Clown on my lap! Sorry, TIME! Sad!!!
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 25, 2017
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Mama it's so weird. They just called me to say I'm the grossest mom of the year because I haven't washed my hair in a week. Awesome
— christina applegate (@1capplegate) November 25, 2017
Time Magazine called to say that I was DEFINITELY going to be named "Man (Person) of the Year" but I would have to agree to leak major #Ep8 spoilers. I said "no problem", but then they told me you turned it down and now I don't want it anymore. Thanks anyway! https://t.co/0tPGr1cNEM
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) November 25, 2017
.The Bible just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named Messiah but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably was no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway.
— Dave Foley (@DaveSFoley) November 25, 2017
S.H.I.E.L.D. just called to say Phil Coulson was PROBABLY going to be named Secret Agent of the year, but he would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. Um…he's a SECRET agent! So he said that 'probably' was no good and took a pass. Thanks from Phil anyway! pic.twitter.com/2tqBamIDhy
— Clark Gregg Reporter (@TheCGReporter) November 25, 2017
Patton Oswalt called to say that he was going to tweet that GET OUT was PROBABLY his favorite movie of the year, but I would have to agree to get lunch with him and do a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) November 25, 2017
The folks at @NASA called and said I was PROBABLY going to be the next resident of the international space station, but I would have to commit to supersonic flight training and wear a big round helmet. I said probably was no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid ? (@JoyAnnReid) November 25, 2017
Time Magazine called me a few weeks ago too. This led to us texting and then, of course, sexting. We hooked up a few times, which was fun. But, ultimately, it didn't seem like an ideal match. It's too bad though because Time Magazine is really hot. Oh well. Thanks anyway!
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) November 25, 2017
Hollywood just called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named the next James Bond but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) November 24, 2017
Just got a call from the hospital saying I would Probably need a heart transplant but it would involve surgery and a major blood transfusion and I said probably is not good enough. I took a bypass.
— Kevin McNally (@exkevinmcnally) November 25, 2017
Bbc just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named sports personality of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 24, 2017
Sports Illustrated called and said I was probably going to be Sportsman of the Year, but it was going to take a long photo shoot and interview. I’m not proud of my recent perm and have a interpretive dance class at the interview time so I turned it down! No Thanks SI!!
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) November 25, 2017
The craziness began Friday afternoon when Trump tweeted that “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year,’ like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!”
Many were left scratching their heads, including Time Magazine’s Chief Content Officer, who tweeted, “Amazing. Not a speck of truth here–Trump tweets he ‘took a pass’ at being named TIME’s person of the year.” An hour later, Time issued a statement on Twitter, saying, “The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year. TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6.”
The statement doesn’t actually say whether or not Trump actually received a call; a spokesperson for Time did not immediately respond to a request from TheWrap for further clarification.