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Los Angeles Lakers icon Magic Johnson is an absolute legend on Twitter. He has no less than 5.1 million followers on his account, which more often than not, marvel at the bizarrely groundbreaking tweets he sends out every now and again.
For some reason, the Lakers Hall of Famer often comes out with tweets that are overly mundane (and articulate) — to the point that people are forced to question whether or not it's actually Magic Johnson himself who's sending out these tweets. As it turns out, it is not.
Hollywood actor Rob Lowe, who happens to be really good friends with Magic dropped a bombshell on Friday's episode of his Pardon My Take podcast. According to Lowe, Johnson literally has someone following him around to tweet out the things he says:
“I have new and breaking news. Last night, I found out that Magic Johnson does not physically do any of the tweets, which may explain some of it,” Lowe said (h/t Jacob Rude of Silver Screen & Roll). “So it’s articulated clearly across the room or while he’s doing 17 other things — a titan of the industry — and then there is a woman whose job is to figure out what he’s talking about and make it into a tweet. That’s the latest wrinkle which I think might warrant some further explanation.”
“I think he doesn’t say ‘send tweet’ so she never knows when it’s ending so you get what you get,” Lowe continued. “I can promise here’s what it’s not. ‘Hey, hello, I have an idea for a tweet. Are you ready? Lakers look very stiff tonight, period. Perhaps they need a change in the lineup, period. Send that.’ I don’t think that’s happening.”
As Lowe expressed, this actually explains a lot. No wonder the Lakers legend's tweets are so properly written and always grammatically correct. The use of emojis also appears to be frowned upon.
In case you have not yet encountered Johnson's magic on Twitter, here's a sampling of his takes from the Lakers' win over the Miami Heat from Wednesday night:
Avery Bradley was a catalyst for the Lakers hitting 5 threes and finishing with 17 points.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) November 11, 2021
The Lakers were led by Malik Monk, 27 points, and Russell Westbrook with another triple double…25 points, 12 rebounds, and 14 assists!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) November 11, 2021
There's clearly nothing wrong with the tweets. These are absolutely correct. However, what makes them so bizarre for many is how they feel like a blow-by-blow account of the game. Not even beat reporters come out with these kinds of mundane tweets.
That's not all that Lowe revealed about Magic, though. As it turns out, the Lakers icon is oblivious to all of this:
“…By the way, knowing Magic the way I do — I’ve known him since his rookie year — I’m not sure he’s aware of what a viral sensation he is,” Lowe said. “You know I talk to him, obviously, about it because you guys told me to. I’m nothing if not a friend of the Pardon My Take universe. I remembered what you told me to do and I asked him about it on my podcast.”
On behalf of the mean streets of Twitter, I would like to thank Rob Lowe for dropping this truth bomb on all of us. Now I can sleep soundly at night knowing that there is indeed a logical explanation behind Magic Johnson's Twitter shenanigans.
