TikTok star Larray apologizes after offensive tweets resurface Instagram: Larri MerrittTikTok star Larray has issued an apology after comments he tweeted as a teen resurfaced and caused uproar online. Larray, real name Larri Merritt, is a 22-year-old TikTok influencer who at the time of writing has around 13 million followers and almost 350 million likes. He is well-known for his comedy content, and for being a member of popular TikTok collective, the Hype House. He found himself in hot water in July when YouTuber Tyler Oakley slammed Hype House members and associated influencers for hosting a huge party in honor of Larray\u2019s birthday. He apologized to Tyler for this and said he \u201cwill do better.\u201d But he was thrown into the line of fire again recently when comments he had made via Twitter in 2011 began to resurface. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CD4Qmh5nsJO\/ Among the comments, he made a joke in reference Hot Topic employee trying to sexually assault him, followed by a smiley face. After fans demanded an explanation and an apology, Larray took to his second account to explain. \u201cI was 13 years old who didn\u2019t know better,\u201d he said. He told fans that he knows that subject matter isn\u2019t a joke and said \u201cplease stop letting my old tweets affect any of you.\u201d Following his first apology, he deactivated his second account. When people weren\u2019t satisfied, he finally took to his main account to form a longer apology. TW \/\/ this morning tweets resurfaced from 2011 of jokes i made about rape. as a victim of rape i know isn\u2019t a fucking joke. i didn\u2019t deactivate because of the fear of being canceled, i was triggered and overwhelmed of the topic of rape. pic.twitter.com\/TaFCkcosnz \u2014 larri (@larray) August 14, 2020 He clarified that he is also a victim of sexual assault, and deleted his side account because he was \u201ctriggered and overwhelmed\u201d at the subject matter. He explained that he \u201ctweeted a lot of stupid sh*t as a kid,\u201d and apologized to those he had hurt. on my second account i said \u201cplease stop letting my old tweets effect any of you when i was in middle school.\u201d what i meant by that is i tweeted a lot of stupid shit as a kid & no of them were tweeted in a malicious way. i am obviously more educated than i was 9 years ago. \u2014 larri (@larrayxo) August 14, 2020 Some felt as though it was unfair that because of comments he made as a child he was forced to \u201cshare something personal.\u201d Others clarified that \u201cunless you\u2019re a victim of sexual assault, this isn\u2019t your apology to accept.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/DIORAMIES\/status\/1294452579049648129 Unless you\u2019re a victim of sexual assault this isn\u2019t your apology to except. \u2014 Harmony (@harmonybeee) August 15, 2020 At the time of writing, Larray\u2019s second account has remained deactivated, but his primary Twitter and TikTok accounts are still active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok star Larray apologizes after offensive tweets resurface Instagram: Larri MerrittTikTok star Larray has issued an apology after comments he tweeted as a teen resurfaced and caused uproar online. Larray, real name Larri Merritt, is a 22-year-old TikTok influencer who at the time of writing has around 13 million followers and almost 350 million likes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}