Itโs easy to make mistakes when writing, but thatโs what spell check is for, right? Unfortunately, as one Upstate New York newspaper found out recently, it turns out thatโs not always the case.
The writer was doing a story about Julia Roberts, and actually, the article itself is pretty good, except for one little minor issue that is โ they left a big gaping โholeโ in the headline.
โJulia Roberts Finds Life And Her Holes Get Better With Ageโ pic.twitter.com/uCJyGw6Uh4
โ El gato con bolas (@elgat0c0nb0las) December 9, 2018
Yes, thatโs right, we meant they literally wrote hole in the headline by accident!
Itโs a pretty hilarious mistake to make, and sadly for them, itโs also one that spell check would never pick up on. Of course, they intended to write โrolesโ, but that doesnโt make the error any less funny. We can only imagine that some editor somewhere is getting a huge scolding right now from the higher-ups.
The Internet, on the other hand, instantly fell in love with the story.
Almost immediately after it was published it started going viral on Twitter, and now thousands upon thousands of people are talking about it.
Normally, that is a writerโs dream. However, in this case, not so much.
This is why sheโs a movie star. My holes have only gotten worse with age.๐คทโโ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/h3jiuEqF6P
โ Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) December 10, 2018
The newspaper was quick to print a correction for the story, but at that point, it was already too late.
The cat was already out of the bag so they say, and by then, the hole world had already seen it. See what we did there?
@TheEllenShow canโt believe this headline in our local paperโฆ Julia Roberts will be glad to know her holes are getting better with age๐๐ pic.twitter.com/gvZkOsBjyN
โ elizabeth (@eadavisus) December 9, 2018
While an accidental spell check mishap was one possible explanation, one man on Twitter had another theory:
Never dictate the headline over the phone. (h/t @NeilMcMahon) pic.twitter.com/0kPUGxQ2sd
โ Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) December 10, 2018
โNever dictate the headline over the phone,โ he says. A great piece of advice. Another one is to never forget your morning coffee. We know thatโs when we make most of our make most of our mistakes!
Beneath the headline was an interesting Associated Press story about how Julia Robertsโ movies roles have changed over time.
Her recent acclaimed performances in new movie Ben is Back and Amazon series Homecoming have allowed her to express a darker, more solemn side of her personality in comparison to the romantic-comedies like Pretty Woman she was most famous for in the past. Itโs great that she is branching out!
โWith age comes more complexity of possible parts,โ Roberts said in the interview. โYou know, Iโm happy and I have fun at home, so it would take a lot for someone to say: โLook, you can play this part where youโre happy and have fun.โ Well, I just do that at home!โ
Although she is getting older, the 51-year-old award winning actress is showing no signs of slowing down.
Some fans even think that her role in Ben is Back might win her another Oscar.
Since the Academy Awards donโt take place until the end of February it looks like we will just have to wait and see.
In the meantime, however, we can all sit back and enjoy fun humorous mistakes like the โholeโ incident that help to make all of our days a little brighter. If it was up to us, we might even give the writer a promotion! Itโs not every day that a simple word choice error is able to make us laugh so hard.
Check out what another Twitter user below had to say about the hilarious typo.
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Who needs subs? Julia Roberts, thatโs who! pic.twitter.com/FK6aO4jIZf
โ Neil McMahon (@NeilMcMahon) December 10, 2018
