Possibly all that glitters is not gold in any case? Even when it’s Kim Kardashian in a gilded bikini quoting one among Smash Mouth’s most-recognizable hits.
The alt-rock band was on the receiving finish of light ribbing on-line Wednesday after giving the truth star a glowing evaluation: approving of her newest scantily clad selfie and her lyrical caption with a retweet.
“All that glitters is gold,” Kardashian wrote, modeling the two-piece in a mirror and quoting the idiom that the band undercut with their 1999 hit “All Star.” The Smash Mouth X account replied to the wonder mogul with “solely taking pictures stars,” finishing the lyric to their hooky pop tune.
That may have been all nicely and good had the group not skilled the demise of former lead singer Steve Harwell simply days earlier. The band was referred to as out by some X customers for making a joke “too quickly” quite than grieving the erstwhile frontman.
“Yall simply misplaced the primary man and couldn’t like sit on this? Lmao,” quipped one X consumer.
“Aren’t y’all alleged to be mourning rn???” wrote one other.
“who runs this account now assist,” added one other.
However some followers defended the tweet, additional finishing the lyric with an impromptu digital sing-along and arguing that Harwell would have authorized of the web tête-à-tête.
“folks saying ‘too quickly’ actually didn’t knew steve and it reveals lol,” said one consumer.
“it’s what he would have needed,” added one other.
“That is how we copeeeeeee,” a fan added, including a number of applause emojis.
“Dunk on em one final time,” tweeted one other.
“there’s no higher approach to keep in mind my man steve that tweeting one thing he positively would if he was round,” wrote one other.
Harwell died Monday at his residence in Boise, Idaho, on the age of 56, in accordance with the band’s supervisor. Days earlier, TMZ reported that the musician had been within the remaining stage of liver failure and had entered hospice care.
The web site additionally reported Wednesday that members of the group weren’t allowed to say their remaining farewells to Harwell in individual as a result of the musician didn’t need guests whereas he was in hospice. The band’s supervisor, Robert Hayes, advised TMZ that Harwell requested for privateness in his remaining days.
By the way, the band’s tweet previous the Kardashian photograph was a tribute to the late singer.
“Steve Harwell was a real American Authentic. A bigger than life character who shot up into the sky like a Roman candle,” the tweet mentioned. “Steve shall be remembered for his unwavering focus and impassioned dedication to achieve the heights of pop stardom. Relaxation in peace figuring out you aimed for the celebrities, and magically hit your goal.”
The “Walkin’ on the Solar” and “I’m a Believer” singer retired from Smash Mouth in 2021 because of his declining well being. On the time, he mentioned it had been “so onerous to energy by way of” his bodily and psychological well being points.
Harwell’s retirement announcement adopted a live performance in upstate New York wherein he slurred his phrases, threatened viewers members and gave what gave the impression to be a Nazi salute to the gang, in accordance with The Instances’ obituary.
A spokesperson for the band later mentioned the musician had “suffered profusely over time with a number of kinds of habit,” resulting in well being circumstances. Harwell had cardiomyopathy, which impacts the guts’s capability to pump blood, and Wernicke’s encephalopathy, which “vastly impacted his motor capabilities together with speech and impaired reminiscence.”