Terry Morrow: Celebrities use Twitter to aim at bin Laden

Kiefer Sutherland

Seriously, folks, Jack Bauer, the hero of “24,” is not a real person. On Monday and in wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, there may have been some confusion about that.

Nonetheless, the Fox network character, who was played by Kiefer Sutherland, was trending big on Twitter Monday after the world became increasingly aware that bin Laden had been killed.

For those who don’t get the joke, Jack’s adventures over the many seasons of “24” usually pitted him against international terrorists. In fact, the show premiered shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.

The Twitter universe was filled with celebrity reaction. Here are a few of them:

-- Gov. Bill Haslam. “Extremely proud of our intelligence community & armed forces that carried out this pivotal mission. Let us never forget those lost 9.11.01.”

-- Piers Morgan (CNN personality). “Wonder how bin Laden’s devotees feel on discovering their hero wasn’t living in a cave, but a $1m Hollywood-style mansion.”

-- Aziz Ansari (the snarky co-star of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”). “Does anyone know what ended up happening on Celebrity Apprentice last night?”

-- Rainn Wilson (co-star of NBC’s “The Office”). “True story: Bin Laden was caught while watching ‘Real Housewives of Islamabad’ on an 80-inch plasma.”

-- Damon Lindelof (co-creator of “Lost”). “Why does the news keep saying Osama was hiding right under the Pakistani military’s noses when there’s a much more obvious explanation?”

-- Seth MacFarlane (creator and voice actor on “Family Guy). “I predict that Osama’s picture will get little more than a smattering of tepid applause on the next Emmy ‘In Memoriam’ reel.”

-- Tom Lennon (former star of Comedy Central’s “Reno 911!”). “Bin Laden, check. Russian Guy from ‘The Sopranos’: STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.”

-- Johnny Knoxville (who was at the Old College Inn on Cumberland Avenue when the news broke). “Too drunk to write a rundown, but safe to say everyone was happier than I remember seeing a group of people. Ever.”

-- Joan Rivers. “Everyone is thrilled that bin Laden is dead, except of course the 72 virgins who all just said, ‘I have a headache.’”

-- Dolly Parton. “Above the storm, the smallest prayer will still be heard.”

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