Simon O’Connor has been kicked off of his band’s current tour after some disturbing alleged messages went viral.
On Reddit, a poster claiming to be a 17-year-old fan of the band Modest Mouse shocked the web with some severe allegations. The OP shared some screenshots of what they claimed to be Instagram DMs between themselves and the 42-year-old guitarist. Within the submit, they wrote final week:
“for context i’m at present 17 years previous however this occurred proper earlier than my birthday, so i used to be nonetheless 16. i’ve a public instagram however its very area of interest, ive been following bands i like for some time so i’ve been following simon for a number of years. late at night time i checked tales and that i spam preferred no matter it was simon had placed on his story. he got here into my DMs and despatched me an erotic picture (to say the least) whereas giving me the excuse he had been partying or no matter, persevering with to message me. my age is the very first thing in my bio. i reached out to a number of folks inside the indie music fandom and no one with a platform cared.”
Oof.
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Within the screenshots the poster shared, the primary message they allegedly obtained from the rocker was a picture of the sport Simon Says, which was captioned:
“SIMON calls your bluff BUZZ”
After the OP reacted to the picture with an alien emoji, Simon then allegedly replied with an image of a unadorned man. He then, after a bit, allegedly stated “sorry”, to which the teenager stated:
“it’s all good I assume you’re hacked lolz! have a very good one Simon I like your music”
That is when the musician allegedly replied that he “want” he had gotten hacked, and confessed to having had “a celebration night time”. The OP replied, telling him to get a very good night time of sleep, however that’s when issues took a bizarre flip. Within the alleged textual content that got here subsequent, Simon might be seen saying:
“However you probably did blindside me with a gaggle of likes after which little or no intro in addition to bikini pics so we’re each guilty”
WHAT?!
Simon, after seeing the information go viral, reportedly logged onto his personal Reddit account to speak concerning the state of affairs, writing in his personal submit the following day:
“Hey, Simon right here. I might identical to to deal with a number of the dialog on this thread that has come to my consideration. Firstly, I wish to simply state that I unequivocally oppose any sexual conduct in direction of minors, as a human and a dad or mum it disgusts me.”
He went on to say he thought this OP was somebody who had been harassing him. He claims the individual all the time “creates a number of social media accounts and deletes them,” to which he assumed this individual was the identical one:
“I assumed that this was the identical individual I had handled earlier than and, with poor judgement, I made a decision to succeed in out with a tasteless meme, a sticker that learn “Simon calls your bluff,” and an try to point that I acknowledged the “barrage of likes” and comparable picture content material from the earlier profiles…. Virtually a “gotcha.” After a couple of minutes, I noticed that I had made a mistake and this was not the one that I had handled earlier than. I unsent the messages and instantly ceased communication.”
Wrapping up the assertion, he stated:
“I’m genuinely sorry to the one that obtained these messages. They didn’t should be put in that place, and I’m sorry for the stress and a focus this has introduced them. I do know some folks will select to not imagine me, and I perceive that. I can’t change what’s occurred. All I can do is inform the reality, take accountability for my mistake, and apologize.”
Okay… However the memes weren’t actually the half folks had been involved with! What about these bikini image feedback?
Following this controversy, his band made the choice to chop him from their upcoming tour. On Friday, Modest Mouse’s socials launched a press release that learn:
“Simon O’Connor is not going to be becoming a member of us on the upcoming tour. The excellent news is that Seth Jabour of Les Savy Fav can be leaping in to play guitar. We stay up for being on the market with you all.”
See that submit right here (under):
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