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The Toulouse Football Club's X account apologized this Monday evening after publishing a questionable joke about a woman who was the victim of a monumental scam by a fake Brad Pitt. Sunday, in Seven to Eight on TF1, Anne, an interior designer, recounted how she had been relieved of 830,000 euros after interacting for months with an imposter posing as the American actor. A story that plunged her into serious depression, marked by several suicide attempts.
« We understand that our tweet could have been misinterpreted”
To make a link with this much commented and relayed story, the TFC CM chose to promote the 16e of the Coupe de France final against Laval, Wednesday (6:30 p.m.) by offering several photomontages of Brad Pitt with club jerseys, accompanied by the message: “ Hello Anne, Brad told us that he would be at the Stadium on Wednesday for Toulouse-Laval. And you ? »
The joke made some Internet users smile, but also outraged many others. Faced with the controversy, the club had to react and backpedal: “ We understand that our tweet could have been misinterpreted, and we offer our sincere apologies, wrote the TFC on X. We deeply regret if our comments could have conveyed a negative message. Thank you for your feedback regarding this error. We pledge to exercise even greater care and discernment in the future. »
At almost the same time, TF1 withdrew the replay of the report on its platform following a wave of cyberharassment against Anne. A reaction undoubtedly validated by Mikel Arteta.
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