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If he had said he fondled big black cocks he'd still be in the Apple hive. Heaven forbid a MALE working at Apple admit ANY attraction for women
Tony Blevins, a former Apple executive, told The Wall Street
Journal this week that he spent all night trying to take down a
TikTok featuring him making a crude comment in September.
The tech company, he said, reached out at 1:30 a.m. about the
video, insisting that he get it taken down immediately.
"I race cars, play golf, and fondle big-breasted women. But I
take weekends and major holidays off," Blevins says in the
TikTok, which shows him getting out of his Mercedes-Benz SLR
McLaren, a supercar that can cost upwards of $500,000.
The video ultimately cost Blevins his career at Apple. Blevins,
a vice president of procurement who had worked at Apple for over
22 years, was fired days after it was posted. Bloomberg was the
first to report that Blevins had left the company.
"It was 22 years dissolved in about 25 seconds," Blevins told
The Journal, adding: "It utterly shocked me. My whole life has
been Apple. I tried to be the most loyal person."
An Apple representative did not respond to a request for comment
ahead of publication. Insider was unable to get in contact with
Blevins.
The TikTok video was posted by a creator known as Daniel Mac as
part of a series where he asks people with expensive cars what
they do for a living.
Blevins told The Journal that the Apple executive who'd called
in September told him to get the video taken down as soon as
possible, saying some staffers had complained about the TikTok.
Blevins said he spent the night trying to get in contact with
Mac to get it taken down but didn't receive a reply.
Mac, who has 13.6 million followers on TikTok, did not respond
to a request for comment from Insider ahead of publication. His
video of Blevins has received over 200,000 likes.
Blevins apologized for the video and said his statement was a
reference to the 1981 film "Arthur." He told The Journal that he
thought his firing was a mistake and was a sign of the company
bowing to external pressure.
After he was fired, Apple executives planned a going-away party
for Blevins, but he told The Journal it was eventually canceled.
Blevins also told the publication he was let go without
severance.
He hasn't been replaced, he said.
Read the full story on The Journal's website.
Comments:
Anthony
1 day ago
"In the current private enterprise system, there are two
separate, but equally important groups: Those who think lewd
thoughts and keep them to themselves, and those who lose their
jobs by posting them on social media. These are their stories."
https://news.yahoo.com/apple-exec-fired-being-caught-
161613759.html
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