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That's because the world met Caitlyn Jenner today (formerly Bruce), as introduced on the glossy cover of Vanity Fair. "Call me Caitlyn," invited the cover, and Twitter quickly did, thanks to the hashtag #callmecaitlyn, which quickly began trending worldwide.
Jenner's official new Twitter handle, @Caitlyn_Jenner, collected over 1 million followers in just over four hours. She's managed to beat out President Obama's Guinness World Record – he amassed 1 million followers in 4.5 hours this past May. Before that, the record-in-chief was Robert Downey Jr., who took a comparatively snoozy path to the million dollar mark in April 2014 (23 hours and 22 minutes).
4 hrs and 3 mins! @Caitlyn_Jenner just set a new record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers on @Twitter http://t.co/mB8u4dEU5e
— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) June 1, 2015
Obama's response? Pretty classy.
It takes courage to share your story. https://t.co/Q7wWjV9Rxx
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 1, 2015
She generated 1.5 million tweets in less than five hours, including celebrity shout-outs from the likes of Lady Gaga, Lena Dunham and Maria Shriver.
The beauty on the inside is now also on the outside. God bless you and the whole family for sharing it with us. 👑 pic.twitter.com/bfO7aFRjbY
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) June 1, 2015
- USAToday.com