Saturday 25 June 2022 07:18 AM Anthony Weiner returns to Twitter to promote radio show trends now
Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner returned to Twitter for the first time in nine years to ask for advice on how to stage a comeback.
Weiner, 57, whose sexting with a 15-year-old girl led to a conviction as as sex offender, put out a poll on Twitter about the best way to announce his return as he seeks to promote his radio shows on 77 WABC.
'Advice for returning to Twitter,' Weiner wrote, giving voters three choices: 'Update your bio and run, act like nothing happened, and just don't.'
With more than 10,000 votes as of Saturday, nearly 65 percent of people advised the man who once called himself 'Carlos Danger' to stay off Twitter.
Anthony Weiner (pictured), who resigned as a congressman following a series of sexting scandals, returned to Twitter for the first time in nine years
The disgraced Democrat asked for advice on how best to stage a comeback, but nearly 65 percent of the more than 10,000 people who voted so far said he should stay out
Weiner had shocked the world with his constant sexting scandals, with one photo he shared depicting his crotch while lying next to his sleeping, then-four-year-old son.
The scandal-plagued Democrat admitted that social media was not the best place for him, but he thought he'd give it a shot to promote his shows, 'The Middle with Anthony Weiner,' and 'The Left Versus The Right,' which he co-hosts with Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.
'Social media is not a comfortable place for me and I am deeply ambivalent about its place in my life and the role it has had on society,' Weiner told Fox News, 'but if you want people to know about a radio show you are doing, it is helpful.'
But if the poll and comments are any clear indicator, Twitter is not
