Tony Lopez slammed after apology for messages sent to minors Instagram: Tony LopezAfter accusations emerged that 21-year-old TikTok star Tony Lopez had sent inappropriate messages to girls as young as 15 via a private Snapchat account, he has issued an apology that is suggested to address those claims, though people are slamming it for being too \u201cvague.\u201d In August, several teenage victims came forward via social media with screenshots and recordings that appeared to show Hype House member Tony Lopez sending inappropriate messages. To one 15-year-old he allegedly said \u201cyour face is kissable\u201d and to another girl sent extremely explicit messages. On August 9, Tony tweeted \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot to talk about\u201d which many took as a sign that an apology was to come. The 21-year-old went quiet on Twitter for several days throughout the height of the internet storm, with many anticipating his return. When he returned to Twitter, he didn\u2019t come back with the apology that people were expecting. He posted about his daily life with tweets such as \u201cI ate too much food today.\u201d People demanded that he \u201caddress\u201d the allegations and apologize. That apology finally came on August 22 when Tony took to Twitter with a note-section-screenshot paragraph about \u201crecent accusations.\u201d He said \u201cI am not proud of my past choices\u201d and that \u201cI\u2019m truly disappointed in myself for them.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/lopez__tony\/status\/1297348590767968257 Lopez consistently refers to the alleged harassment as \u201cthese actions,\u201d but does not refer to the nature of the accusations themselves. He blames being \u201cnew to the entertainment\/ LA scene\u201d and that \u201cyou can\u2019t believe everything you\u2019re told.\u201d Tony insists he will \u201clearn\u201d from his mistakes and make \u201cbetter, well-informed decisions.\u201d People were unsatisfied with the delayed apology, citing it as being \u201cvague\u201d and failing to address the claims head-on. Many felt the format of the \u201cnotes app apology\u201d was inherently insincere. tw \/\/ tony lopez okay first of all what \u201cactions\u201d r u learning from like apologize for what you\u2019ve done don\u2019t be so vague dumb fuck. second of all whys everyone accepting his apology literal dots luv https:\/\/t.co\/cFYc12m2DM \u2014 a (@chqrryglows) August 23, 2020 oh, so tony lopez apologizes for being a predator and grooming a 15 year old with a fucking notes app apology, AND YALL FORGIVE HIM?? \u2014 min\u00eas\u00b9\u1d30 (@unodostresmines) August 23, 2020 It\u2019s yet unclear whether Tony Lopez will make a more direct address of the specific allegations in the future or respond to the raft of criticism that has been sent his way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tony Lopez slammed after apology for messages sent to minors Instagram: Tony LopezAfter accusations emerged that 21-year-old TikTok star Tony Lopez had sent inappropriate messages to girls as young as 15 via a private Snapchat account, he has issued an apology that is suggested to address those claims, though people are slamming it for being […]<\/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-61837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61837","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=61837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}