Former Apple executive Tony Blevins is leaving Apple after he made a crude comment to a TikTok content creator which got back to Apple.
Apple executive Tony Blevins, the company's vice president of procurement, is leaving the firm after making a crude comment on TikTok. Blevins was asked what he does for a living by Daniel Mac who creates content on TikTok and Instagram. Mac is known for asking that question to people who are driving expensive cars and Blevins was behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The car is reportedly valued at $500,000.
Blevins' response is what got him into trouble as the executive answered,"I have rich cars, play golf, and fondle big-breasted women. But I take weekends and holidays off." It is believed that the video was recorded at a car show in California on August 18th and was shared on social media early in September. The 25-second clip has 40,000 likes on Instagram and close to 142,000 likes on TikTok. It has been viewed more than 1.4 million times.
After Apple heard what happened, the company started an internal investigation during which Blevins lost command of his team which was made up of hundreds of Apple employees. An Apple spokesman told
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