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Yikes! TikTok’s Chef Way Apologizes For Past Vicious Tweets Trolling Black Women & Sparks Backlash

<p>Houston-based chef <strong>Waymond Wesley<&sol;strong>&comma; who goes by the handle <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;social-media-reacts-to-tiktok-famous-talking-dog-questioning-its-existence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Chef Way on TikTok<&sol;a>&comma; is being held accountable by social media users over his past tweets insulting Black women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The chef recently gained attention for a video of him making oxtail pasta that was viewed over 2&period;1 million times on Twitter&period; However&comma; this attention led to social media users discovering his past problematic tweets&comma; trolling Black women viciously for sport&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Twitter Digs Up &commat;WaymoTheGod Tweets<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Twitter users dug up old tweets from Wesley&comma; dating back to 2015 and 2016&comma; in which he made disparaging comments against Black women&comma; particularly those with dark skin&period; In one tweet&comma; Wesley&comma; who was tweeting under the username &commat;WaymoTheGod&comma; suggested that &&num;8220&semi;if black lives mattered to Sandra Bland she wouldn’t have taken her own life&period;&&num;8221&semi; In another&comma; he commented on a photo of a dark-skinned Black woman and said &&num;8220&semi;smh the dark one messed up the pic&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612367334764871682" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Chef Sends TikTok Apology 17 Hours After Twitter Controversy<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Wesley&&num;8217&semi;s comments&comma; which users referred to as misogynoir and colorism&comma; were met with backlash on social media&period; People called out Wesley for his harmful language and harassment&comma; and also criticized him for attempting to rebrand himself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response to the criticism&comma; Wesley posted an apology on Twitter&comma; saying that he had been &&num;8220&semi;sick in more ways than one&&num;8221&semi; during the period in which he made the controversial comments&period; He also credited cooking with saving him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>To those I’ve hurt with my past tweets that have resurfaced&comma; I am deeply sorry&period; That was a moment in my life where I was sick in more ways than one&period; Cooking saved me&period; You have watched a flawed man heal&period; I will continue to heal and learn&period; Thanks for being along for the journey&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612242406531026944" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; many users found Wesley&&num;8217&semi;s apology lacking&comma; noting that he had addressed the controversy differently on different platforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Twitter&comma; where the comments went viral and where he has a smaller following&comma; Wesley apologized quickly&comma; but on TikTok&comma; where he has a much larger following&comma; he waited 17 hours to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tiktok&period;com&sol;&commat;chefway&sol;video&sol;7186709579290529067" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">address the issue<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-tiktok data-src&equals;"7186709579290529067" width&equals;"325" height&equals;"575"><&sol;amp-tiktok><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Twitter Drags Chef Way&comma; Causing Him To Lose Sponsor<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>In the end&comma; Wesley eventually posted an apology on TikTok after saying sorry to Twitter users&comma; but it didn&&num;8217&semi;t stop him from from being dragged by users&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The controversy also led to him losing at least one source of his income&period; Dozens of twitter users <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;avyny2&sol;status&sol;1612306550311321601&quest;s&equals;20&amp&semi;t&equals;SsCa6eWUkZyJrvIWEtDjTw" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">tagged Anova Culinary<&sol;a> in tweets shaming the disgraced chef who has posts sponsored by the company&period; The cooking device company eventually announced they&&num;8217&semi;d be parting ways with Wesley in a tweet&comma; citing that the chef&&num;8217&semi;s action didn&&num;8217&semi;t align with their values&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612252146036088836" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612528051195109382" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612324595591159808" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612306550311321601" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612566754953252883" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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