7 times celebrities made embarrassing political statements on social media

The Instagram account of Lindsay Lohan, who describes herself as an “artist” but is better known to the rest of us as being a train wreck even by Hollywood standards, is full of sultry selfies, tropical islands and luxury shopping bags.

So it raised the eyebrows of social media users when Lohan posted an obituary for Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, according to web outlets.

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Lohan posted the obituary with a comment in Arabic that roughly translates to "I love and adore you, and you are the world to me."

It’s unclear why Lohan would care about the elderly monarch’s passing. Unless he once gifted her a pair of Manolo Blahnik pumps?

Her only apparent connection to the ultraconservative Islamic kingdom is, or was, Saudi film producer Mohammed Al Turki, whom she was rumored to be dating at one stage.

Social media users later claimed that the post had been removed. Lohan has not acknowledged the post, but her entire Instagram account went down Friday afternoon, so we haven't been able to verify whether the tribute is there.

Lohan's post and slightly off use of Arabic made us think about other celebrities' ill-advised use of social media to share their personal opinions on politics and foreign affairs. 

Here are seven examples: 

1. Donald Trump

Loud-mouth billionaire businessman and wannabe president Donald Trump caused a stir on Twitter earlier this month when he blamed the massacre at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on a lack of guns. 

2. Joyce Carol Oates

Author and frequent tweeter Joyce Carol Oates knows the power of words, so the backlash that followed her tweets on Egypt, rape and religion must have come as no surprise.   

3. Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian's misguided foray into Middle East politics in November 2012 didn't go well. The reality TV star deleted these two posts after receiving some nasty tweets in response, including death threats.

4. Dennis Rodman

No doubt the retired NBA star is claiming credit for the release of Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae from North Korea in November. Rodman had asked his BFF, otherwise known as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, to free Bae as a personal favor to the basketballer. 

That's probably why Kim did it, yeah.

5. Rupert Murdoch

The octogenarian media mogul probably wishes he had kept his “jihadist cancer” comments to himself following the deadly shootings in Paris earlier this month. His subsequent attempts to clarify his point only seemed to provoke more outrage. 

6. Orlando Jones

Actor Orlando Jones took plenty of heat for this tweet he sent out after the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Jones defended the controversial post as “artistic expression” rather than a call to action. Sarah Palin might disagree. 

7. 50 Cent

Rap star and actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has a habit of posting outrageous tweets. This is just one of many.

Enough said.