Larry Asego upsets single mums with rash tweet
Radio presenter Larry Asego was on Tuesday morning under fire over a tweet that was perceived to blame children raised by single mothers for increased cases of arson in schools
The Classic FM presenter had, during the morning show, posed a question on Twitter on whether children raised by single mothers should be blamed for increase of arson in schools.
The framing of the question caused a social media storm with users accusing him of being utterly disrespectful.
Because single mothers are to blame for everything that goes wrong in this country. I am so pissed! @LarryAsego pic.twitter.com/JD3G6t19ml
— Rayhab (@potentash) June 28, 2016
A remorseful Larry quickly deleted the tweet and apologized, but not before users shared screenshots of his statement.
His apologies and clarification, that the statement was not the basis of the discussion in the popular breakfast show, fell on deaf ears.
Plainly put, @LarryAsego todays topic is an insult to many of us raised by single parents. https://t.co/XisUJYhZBw
— Simon Gichuki (@DonVictorSimon) June 28, 2016
Oya .@LarryAsego the hardworking single mothers you looked down on to boost your ratings and look funny aren't on twitter.
— Waichanguru (@LordGichohi) June 28, 2016
It was. And I don't advocate for demeaning others for the sake of ratings. Apologies.
— Larry Asego (@LarryAsego) June 28, 2016
Larry, who is sitting in for Maina Kageni who has taken a break to celebrate his birthday, pleaded with users to forgive him for the erroneous tweet.
Apologies for the erroneous post. It's not my intent to demean anyone & this wasn't the context of today's show. https://t.co/kpOH2iu3Vq
— Larry Asego (@LarryAsego) June 28, 2016
Larry’s boss, Caroline Mutoko, came to his defense stating that he had erred and had apologized for it.
If u actually BOTHERED to listen to the show, you'd know the tweet was in error. But the lynch mob is more fun. Yes? https://t.co/W9dznBfjd7
— Caroline Mutoko (@CarolineMutoko) June 28, 2016
Larry was quick to accept full responsibility for the tweet.
Yup. Besides, that tweet was in error. Taking this one for the team. Que sera sera… https://t.co/BOro1YcS3E
— Larry Asego (@LarryAsego) June 28, 2016