Tony the Tiger Incident

The Tony the Tiger Incident is an informal nickname for an incident when a humorous comment by a now-deleted Heidi Turner roleplay account appeared in news coverage of breakfast cereal mascot Tony the Tiger leaving Twitter as a result of inappropriate comments by furries.
The incident occurred in the article Was Tony The Tiger Driven Off Twitter By Unbelievably Horny Furries?, published by the Huffington Post on October 12, 2018 and written by Ashley Feinberg. The article recounts how the Tony the Tier account became a Frosted Flakes-branded account as a result of hundreds of inappropriate, sexually-charged comments aimed at mascot Tony the Tiger. 
When first published, one of the examples of 'thirsty' tweets aimed at Tony was by a Heidi Turner roleplay account that was popular on the platform, where she requests to Tony "frost my ass dad" followed by several emoji. The incident was humorous to South Park fans as the unexpected inclusion of the roleplay account in news coverage both exposed the South Park roleplaying community on Twitter but, out of roleplay context, also created the appearance as if Heidi herself were tweeting flirtatious messages to Tony directly, leading to jokes that the character was a furry.
The account was later deleted for unrelated reasons.
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