G2 Esports confirm CEO Carlos will take 8 weeks\u2019 unpaid leave following Andrew Tate backlash LEC | TwitchG2 Esports CEO Carlos \u2018Ocelote\u2019 Santiago posted a video of himself partying with Andrew Tate. Now, a short time after doubling down on his decision, he\u2019s since apologized and is taking 8 weeks\u2019 unpaid leave. A video posted on Carlos\u2018 personal Twitter account showed him partying with brothers Tristan and Andrew Tate, and the video resulted in immediate backlash from the esports community. Carlos then doubled down, saying that \u201cnobody will ever be able to police my friendships\u201d in a tweet. This was followed by an apology tweet the next day, and confirmation of his 8 weeks of unpaid leave from his CEO position. G2 Esports separate itself from CEO Carlos\u2019 actions The G2 Esports official Twitter account made a statement separating themselves from the CEO\u2019s actions. The beginning of the announcement reads, \u201cLast night we failed you. The actions of our CEO spoke a language in stark contrast with the values and the culture G2 lives by and strives for.\u201d The statement goes on to talk about building a \u201csafe and inclusive environment\u201d in esports, concluding with the announcement that, after \u201cinternal discussion\u201d, G2 CEO Carlos would be taking an unpaid leave, as well as thanks for \u201cholding us accountable.\u201d Current members of G2 have also spoken out against Carlos\u2019 actions, with Caltys, a member of G2\u2019s newly signed all-female League of Legends roster, making a statement of her own. While she said that, \u201crecent events are very disappointing\u201d, she also wanted to make sure that people know there\u2019s more to G2 than just Carlos. She speaks about G2\u2019s \u201camazing staff\u201d, and says that \u201cI want to believe Carlos does not share the beliefs of A. T\u201d. Carlos made his own apology on his personal twitter account. Additionally, he followed up this statement with a tweet stating that, \u201cG2 is above Carlos and always has been\u201d, and that he\u2019ll, \u201cdo anything to protect this company and my colleagues in it as it is my unconditional duty to them\u201d. These statements certainly haven\u2019t put the backlash to rest. Longtime esports journalist and industry veteran Jacob Wolf claims that the statement on Carlos\u2019 personal account wasn\u2019t written by him. \u201cI\u2019ve known Carlos for eight years. He doesn\u2019t talk or type this way. PR person looking out.\u201d At the time of writing, the original video of Tate and the tweet from Carlos defending his actions have yet to be deleted by the CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
G2 Esports confirm CEO Carlos will take 8 weeks\u2019 unpaid leave following Andrew Tate backlash LEC | TwitchG2 Esports CEO Carlos \u2018Ocelote\u2019 Santiago posted a video of himself partying with Andrew Tate. Now, a short time after doubling down on his decision, he\u2019s since apologized and is taking 8 weeks\u2019 unpaid leave. A video posted […]<\/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-66618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66618","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=66618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}