Apple's VP, Tony Blevins, has left the company after a TikTok video showed him making vulgar comment

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/29/apple-vp-leaves-company-after-making-jokes-in-viral-tiktok-video.html

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Apple’s VP of procurement, Tony Blevins, has left the company after a TikTok video showed him making a vulgar comment about women at a car show.


Apple’s vice president of procurement, Tony Blevins, has left the company after a TikTok video showed him making a vulgar comment about women at a car show.

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


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

In the video, reviewed by CNBC, Blevins is getting out of an expensive Mercedes-Benz sports car and is asked what he does for a living by Daniel Mac, who has a channel centered around asking people in expensive cars questions.

In the video, Blevins responds, “I race cars, play golf and fondle big-breasted women. But I take weekends and major holidays off.” The remark appears to be a reference to a similar quote in the movie “Arthur.”

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1. Good!

This brings back memories. I worked for so many men like this back in the day - pigs who thought that this kind of humor was absolutely hilarious. Look at the comments online - women ‘just can’t take a joke’. This was not a one off comment; this is how these guys really think and is reflected in their attitude towards women in general and their employees more specifically. Absolutely infuriating.

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2. Ugh. I can't stand smug, rich creeps like this guy.

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3. Hard to believe someone is stupid enough to make comments like that...

with cellphone cameras everywhere in this post-me_too age.

And tech exec of all people who surely knews about the many apps out there that can upload or lives tream to the internets in no time.