Zac Efron's tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. was actually a tribute to Zac Efron

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Tricia Gilbride
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Expressing gratitude is a hard thing to screw up, but Zac Efron managed to do a pretty good job of that.

In an act of poor taste, the High School Musical graduate combined a Martin Luther King Jr. Day tweet with a brag about how many Instagram followers he has. He also included a cool snap of him in sunglasses, because why not?

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I'm grateful for a couple things today: Martin Luther King Jr & 10 million followers on IG #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/R373JoVspQ— Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) January 19, 2016

Fans were not pleased.

gotcha but if u had 2 pick 1... “@ZacEfron: I'm grateful for a couple things today: Martin Luther King Jr & 10 million followers on IG "— Pillar Point (@Pillar_Point) January 19, 2016

@ZacEfron @Nickrob maybe those should have been two separate posts?— chris goodwin (@christhegoods) January 19, 2016

@malteserubble @DieRobinsonDie @ZacEfron relax its just viral marketing for bad grandpa Right Zac? Right? — Jumbo Carnation (@captain_fuck) January 19, 2016

.@ZacEfron pic.twitter.com/8UmfbEPc60— anthony smith (@anthny) January 19, 2016

.@ZacEfron this national holiday should really celebrate YOUR contributions to society, such as …— James Santelli (@JamesSantelli) January 19, 2016

Zac Efron is also in trouble with fans for skipping an upcoming 10-year High School Musical reunion -- so things aren't looking great for Dirty Grandpa. As if they ever were.

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