John Demsey lost his $10 million a year senior executive at makeup company Estée Lauder after he posted a meme involving Chingy, Sesame Street, COVID, and a censored n-word on his personal IG page.
Estee Lauder senior executive John Demsey has been fired after posting this meme on his Instagram.
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) February 28, 2022
He was making nearly $10M a year.
He's posted an apology saying he "didn't read it before posting" pic.twitter.com/kCoIwN2n98
“I’m Chingy who you wurr speaking of, and I didn’t take it a way at all,” he said. “Matter fact I can tell you wurr jus trying to be hip like the kids today an it jus came out the wrong way. I didn’t see it as being a racial slurr either my brother. I love you guys products always have and I hope you keep yurr job my man.”
He added more in this video
https://youtu.be/H9Mz4UPOUsg"I wanna say peace and love to John Demsey. Peace and love to that brother. I didn’t take it no certain type of way.