Apple VP leaves business soon after vulgar remark goes viral on TikTok

Apple VP leaves business soon after vulgar remark goes viral on TikTok


An aerial view of Apple Park is viewed in Cupertino, California, United States on October 28, 2021.

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Apple’s vice president of procurement, Tony Blevins, has still left the corporation following a TikTok movie showed him producing a vulgar comment about women at a vehicle exhibit.

An Apple representative confirmed the departure to CNBC, declaring, “Tony is leaving Apple.”

The departure was spurred by a TikTok video clip posted Sept. 5, in accordance to Bloomberg, which very first reported the news.

In the video clip, reviewed by CNBC, Blevins is getting out of an high priced Mercedes-Benz athletics automobile and is questioned what he does for a dwelling by Daniel Mac, who has a channel centered around asking folks in highly-priced autos issues.

In the video clip, Blevins responds, “I race autos, participate in golf and fondle massive-breasted girls. But I get weekends and key holidays off.” The remark seems to be a reference to a equivalent quotation in the movie “Arthur.”

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It was seen 1.3 million occasions, in accordance to the TikTok page.

Blevins was a VP at Apple, which is a very senior job that studies to major executives. His main part was to negotiate with suppliers to continue to keep the selling price Apple pays for laptop or computer components down, in accordance to a Wall Road Journal profile of Blevins from 2020.



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