LAPD asks Hollywood stars to tweet about freeway closures

Traffic tweets from Ashton Kutcher. (Getty Images)


The cops this week asked several big name stars, including Ashton Kutcher, to tweet to their followers about a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 closing later this month, The Los Angeles Times reports.

How many people were police hoping to reach? According to The Times, the LAPD reached out to “Lady Gaga (nearly 11.3 million followers),  Kutcher and Demi Moore (7 million and 3.7 million respectively) and Kim Kardashian ( 8 million followers).”

But maybe it wasn’t the wisest idea to rely on a guy famous for a show called “Punk’d.” As The Times reports:

But the “Two and a Half Men’s” star turned his public service announcement into a joke, asking that the LAPD return the favor by tossing out a traffic ticket he received.
