Did you hear about Paris Hilton‘s tweet after South African leader Nelson Mandela passed away? The socialite’s response to Mandela’s death was an unusual “RIP Nelson Mandela. Your ‘I Have A Dream’ speech was so inspiring. Amazing man.”

The tweet, suggesting Hilton confused Mandela for Martin Luther King, Jr., was retweeted 15,000 times before being deleted by Hilton.

The blogsphere went nuts and made fun of Hilton’s blunder until BuzzFeed reported that the Tweet was fake and created by @DeletedTweets. Paris, who was reportedly on a flight when the tweet was posted, took to her real Twitter account once she landed and slammed the tweet and its sender. “Whoever made that stupid fake tweet lacks respect to the loss the world is mourning right now. Same goes for all the blogs who ran with it.

“Just landed & heard the sad new about Nelson Mandela. He was a true Hero & the world is a better place because of him. May he rest in peace.

“I’m so sick of people lying about me & using my name. Please get a life & stop talking about mine. It’s beyond. #URPathetic #GetYourOwnLife.”