Top Gear fans fail to realise they're tweeting abuse to Captain America actor

A short lesson in how to unwittingly spoil a Hollywood actor's day

Gather children, for here lies a wise tale of the importance of checking your Internet abuse is actually being sent to the right person.

Sure, perhaps a wiser tale is simply not to send abuse in the first place, but there you go; as a whole bunch of extremely irate Twitter users have once more been caught out, somewhat undercutting their general iratness in the process.

The premiere of the brand new Top Gear series hasn't gone down without a fair few critics; the first episode attracting its lowest audience in a decade, with ratings dropping significantly for its second episode. A lot of criticism has been directed at host Chris Evans, frequently labelled by viewers as "shouty", with further calls to replace him with Formula 1 driver Jenson Button.

One problem: many viewers have been airing their grievances on Twitter to entirely the wrong Chris Evans. The Top Gear presenter utilises the username @aChrisEvans, but many have been tweeting @ChrisEvans; a username occupied by a certain Captain America: Civil War actor.

At least someone gets it.

Thankfully, Chris "Captain America" Evans doesn't seem to have acknowledged or presumably noticed the torrent of abuse yet; so hopefully the actor won't be sat alone in some LA pad, weeping away because someone accused him of being terrible at a job he doesn't do.