WATCH | Twitter goes beserk with #MarkFishChallenge

25 January 2018 - 11:39 By Karishma Thakurdin
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Mark Fish has been dragged on Twitter after sharing a picture with Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse with a Bra Hugh tribute.
Mark Fish has been dragged on Twitter after sharing a picture with Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse with a Bra Hugh tribute.
Image: Via Twitter

Retired soccer player Mark Fish has been ripped to shreds on Twitter for sharing the wrong picture along with a tribute to Bra Hugh Masekela. 

As news of Bra Hugh's death broke on Tuesday morning, fans from around the globe filled Twitter with messages of condolences. 

Mark also joined thousands of fans in paying tribute to Bra Hugh, but mistakenly attached a picture of Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse with his message. 

Hotstix later called Mark out on the mishap, telling him he was "very much alive and well". 

Even though Mark has since apologised for the debacle, Twitter hauled Mark over the coals for the debacle and started the #MarkFishChallenge which has been topping the trends list for three days and counting. 

Twitter users have been sharing random pictures and purposely adding the wrong names to it. 

Here are some of the best ones: 

#MarkFishChallenge has been trending on Twitter since music legend Hugh Masekela's passing on 23 January 2018. Here are some of the best tweets.

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