To her credit, Alexander didn’t delete the exchange but held her hands up, later writing: “*Deletes Twitter account*”, “I’ll never live this down” and admitting to having “Lexi-splained”.
Most f*ck-ups on Twitter lead to a thousand angry responses, but this one was so egregious people could only laugh and applaud.
The embarrassing moment also changed how Alexander thinks about using Twitter for work.
Quoting the tweet, Alexander used the request as an opportunity to give Twitter a lesson on the TV production process, writing: “This is not how TV works.