Ellen's Oscar Selfie Tweet Deleted: Is a Bug to Blame?

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This image released by Ellen DeGeneres shows actors, front row from left, Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley Cooper, Peter Nyong'o Jr., Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong'o and Angelina Jolie as they pose for a selfie on March 2.

Image: Ellen DeGeneres/Associated Press

By Brian Anthony Hernandez2014-03-25 19:45:07 -0400

Ellen Degeneres' celebrity-packed selfie from the 86th Academy Awards holds the record for most-retweeted tweet, having surpassed President Barack Obama's "Four More Years" tweet earlier this month.

But on Tuesday, the Oscar selfie disappeared. Twitter's support team says it is looking into whether it is the victim of a bug — one which is making some tweets not show up at all.

See also: Oscars by the Numbers: How Ellen's Selfie Tweet Spread Like Wildfire

"We will post updates [on our status blog] as we have more info," a Twitter spokeswoman told Mashable on Tuesday night in an email response to an inquiry.

The original tweet from @TheEllenShow account looked like this:

Image: Screenshot From Twitter

Two days after the tweet was posted, it had 3.2 million RTs. After the March 2 selfie mania, nearly 14,000 web pages had embedded the tweet by March 3 at 5 a.m. ET. During that same time span, it had been seen 32.8 million times, revealed Twitter analytics.

On Tuesday, the link to that tweet pulled up this error page:

Miss the selfie and its record-breaking RT count already? Re-live the moment with these GIFs:

Image: Tumblr, mishawinsexster

Image: Tumblr, mishawinsexster

Image: Tumblr, mishawinsexster

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Topics: 86th Academy Awards, ellen degeneres, Entertainment, Selfie, Television, Twitter