The EPA sent out a humorous tweet apologizing for the error, and explained to BuzzFeed why it was sent.
Whoops…our bad. Sorry about tweet. Upside - more attention for the Office of Water (http://t.co/GhuYcpwqwx), thanks @KimKardashian
"An EPA fellow inadvertently triggered an auto-generated tweet. She regrets the error and has been advised on the sensitivities of using social media," a spokeswoman told BuzzFeed.
Whoever runs the Twitter account for the United States Environmental Protection Agency's had a bit of down time tonight and decided to move up a social class in the Kim Kardashian game.
I'm now a C-List celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Come join me and become famous too by playing on iPhone! http://t.co/SrloiiwUFZ
With the app, an addicting race to get ahead in Hollywood, dominating smartphone users' lives, the tweet got hundreds of retweets in minutes.
HAHAHAHAHAHA RT @EPAwater I'm now a C-List celebrity in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. Come join me and become famous too by playing on iPhone!
@EPAwater what are you doing
@EPAwater Omg, this is just grand.
EPA Kim Kardashian Twitter is my new favorite Twitter
The EPA Kim Kardashian Hollywood tweet might be the highlight of my twitter experience.
I will never stop laughing about that EPA tweet about Kim Kardashian OH MY GOD
Then the jokes began.
How the EPA's Kim Kardashian tweet makes a strong case for a carbon tax. http://t.co/YEHiH9Pq1A
We had a good run, humanity.
The EPA may only be a C-List celebrity on the Kim Kardashian game, but the CIA still hasn't beaten Final Fantasy VII.
Making the C-list on the Kim Kardashian game is the most efficient thing the EPA ever did https://t.co/ruZ66zH7RQ
I'd pay someone to catch Kim Kardashian off guard and ask her if she knows what the EPA is. She'll think it's a fashion label.
A Congressman even jumped on board.
Might be time for a Kardashintervention.
I'm the last original author of the Clean Water Act, but I have no idea who/what a Kardashian is and I rarely play games. You OK, @EPAwater?
Basically, the EPA is all of us.
Smh EPA water is addicted to that Kim kardashian game too
The EPA quietly deleted the tweet early Tuesday after nearly three hours, and more than 3,000 retweets.