While you’re at it, Mischa, why don’t you defecate on the American flag in the center of St. Patrick’s Cathedral during a 9/11 memorial.
Because that might be the only thing worse than actress Mischa Barton’s ham-fingered attempt to show solidarity with recent police shooting victim Alton Sterling and, by extension, Philando Castile.
In a now-infamous Instagram post Thursday morning, the “O.C.” star paired some heartfelt text about the deaths with a cheesecake photo of herself.
Drinking a cocktail.
On a yacht!
It’s the visual equivalent of Adolf Hitler typing “LOL” on the bottom of a picture of Auschwitz’s ovens spewing ashes into the air.
“I’m truly heart broken to watch videos like the #altonsterling execution,” Barton wrote in the since-deleted post. “This may have been going on forever in the United States but thank god the pigs get caught on camera now. Its unthinkable and an embarrassment to America. The country I was brought up in. Somebody make change. We need gun control and unity. And a real President so think about that when this election is around the corner. The world is a precarious place right now.#stop #reflect and #act appropriately.”
Act appropriately? Fortunately, Barton’s feed was filled with commenters pointing out that the lady doth protest too stupidly.
“Sweet Jesus, this is some tone-deaf rich person s–t right here,” posted mediahostage, summarizing the feelings of many.
Let’s try — for a second — to give Barton the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps she felt the picture would make the point that she’s ashamed of her white privilege. Because what better demonstrates white sympathy towards the Black Lives Matter movement than offering the deceased a cocktail on a yacht?
Or perhaps she chose the black bikini because she’s truly in mourning.
And maybe that’s an honest look of grief on the stunning star’s face and not merely a glimmer of sadness upon hearing a servant tell her that there’s no more gin in the galley.
Perhaps we’ll never know. Barton’s publicist did not respond to an email seeking an explanation.