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Robin Thicke's Twitter disaster: the best of #AskThicke

Robin Thicke's #AskThicke social media campaign backfired. Here are the best tweets

Robin Thicke has been nominated in the Record of the year, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Vocal Album categories
#AskThicke: Robin Thicke has had a frosty reception on social media

VH1 hosted a Twitter Q&A session with Robin Thicke, encouraging users to tweet their own questions for Thicke using the hashtag #AskThicke.

However, after the controversial reception to Thicke's 2013 single Blurred Lines, which led to accusations that the song and its video were sexist and promoted rape culture, the social media campaign quickly became an opportunity for people to voice their disapproval:

Some attacked Thicke about the musical similarities between Blurred Lines and Marvin Gaye's Got To Give It Up:

Other users who hijacked the campaign took it in surreal directions:

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