A Wisconsin dealership stated it has parted methods with a salesman who went viral for a TikTok he made about an alleged automotive sale to a single mother.
The TikTok put up went viral when a salesman who goes by the username @kennyselllss captioned a video utilizing the “you look happier” pattern with, “Thanks I simply bought a single mother a automotive $10,000 over sticker.”
Whereas the salesperson stated in an apology video that his put up was satirical, the video was shared and seen a whole bunch of 1000’s of occasions.
Zeigler Honda of Racine introduced Monday they “determined to half methods with the salesperson accountable” for the TikTok video, which it stated “falsely represented our gross sales practices, no matter his intent.”
“His actions don’t signify the values we stand for as a dealership and a neighborhood of pros,” the dealership wrote on Fb.
In an apology video posted Tuesday morning to the @kennysellsss web page, the salesperson stated whereas the put up was an “insensitive joke,” he acknowledged he “offended rather a lot, rather a lot, lots of people.”
“I am sorry,” he stated. “My account is predicated on satire. All the pieces that I put up is nothing however a joke. I’d by no means put up precise true occasions after which put up about it.”
He famous he’s now not affiliated with the dealership and urged social media customers to cease contacting them, as they weren’t concerned in his put up and “did nothing improper.”
“I need to apologize to the one moms, and simply ladies generally. I am a single guardian myself I do know what that battle is like. It was insensitive of me to do a joke like that,” he stated within the video. “It was a pattern that I used to be jumped onto… I discover it humorous as a result of it is unrealistic. I can not take it again I can solely be held accountable.”
