{"id":12505,"date":"2024-06-12T14:07:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12505"},"modified":"2024-06-12T14:07:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T14:07:40","slug":"influencer-fired-from-job-for-unapologetically-using-n-word-in-viral-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12505","title":{"rendered":"Influencer fired from job for unapologetically using n-word in viral rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">She didn&#8217;t seem to care about her use of a slur<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>A woman has been fired from her job after using the n-world slur in a TikTok video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Lilly Gaddis, who is white, dropped the\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/racism\">slur<\/a>\u00a0and refused to apologize to viewers, who were understandably outraged by her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In the\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/tiktok\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0video posted to her now-deactivated account, she was talking about women being called &#8216;gold diggers&#8217;, and pushed back on the saying &#8211; providing her own examples of why women were not after men\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/money\">money<\/a>, because men are supposedly &#8216;broke&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She ranted: &#8220;Everyone I know that is married right now is married to broke-a** n*****.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Lilly also talked about &#8216;dumb w*****&#8217; and derogatory remarks about &#8216;immigrants fresh off the boat looking for a green card&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt72d682d568a79986\/66698e607796240afb7e6460\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125810.png 3840w\" alt=\"Lilly Gaddis said the n-word during a cooking video. (TikTok\/@llddiiss)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Lilly Gaddis said the n-word during a cooking video. (TikTok\/@llddiiss)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Following the backlash, she said she was aware of how her video had upset people, saying: &#8220;The backlash made me do a deep dive and soul search, and after all that, I still couldn&#8217;t find a care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Well, what goes around also comes back to bite you in the a** as her employer, Rophe of the Carolinas, went on to fire her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The company shared a statement on Tuesday (June 11) about how it had released Lilly from her marketing and sales manager position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Rophe of the Carolinas said that the employee is \u2018no longer with the company\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt7817f2c94d4a4e0a\/66698eab17d18049d8570c41\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_130147.png 3840w\" alt=\"The influencer said she doesn't like the term 'gold digger'. (TikTok\/@llddiiss)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">The influencer said she doesn&#8217;t like the term &#8216;gold digger&#8217;. (TikTok\/@llddiiss)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The statement added: &#8220;We are owned and operated by [an] African American female and [are an] immigrant owned business and handled the situation as quickly as we could.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;We want to assure you that we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful work environment where all individuals are valued and respected&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;We appreciate the support and trust of our community, and we are dedicated to earning back any confidence that may have been shaken by this unfortunate incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">But Lilly has since claimed there has been an infringement on her First Amendment right and ability to speak freely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In other news, she\u2019s was recently dragged through the mud on TikTok again after another controversial take.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In the video, she talked about the \u2018nerds\u2019 and \u2018people we didn\u2019t hand out with\u2019 in high school, who are \u2018yuck\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=640&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 640w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=750&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 750w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=828&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 828w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1080&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 1080w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1200&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 1200w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=1920&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 1920w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=2048&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 2048w, https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt3a0a0ef57dddb616\/66698e866f245169bc3a606e\/Screenshot_2024-06-12_125747.png 3840w\" alt=\"She's gone on to cause more controversy about 'nerds' being intelligent.(TikTok\/@llddiiss)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" data-nimg=\"fill\" \/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">She&#8217;s gone on to cause more controversy about &#8216;nerds&#8217; being intelligent.(TikTok\/@llddiiss)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The sound was later removed by\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/tiktok\">TikTok<\/a>, which she might have thought would happen as she captioned the video with: \u201cYou can\u2019t take me down. #fypage #fyp\u30b7\u309aviral #llddis #trump2024 P.S tiktok I am not bullying.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She didn&#8217;t seem to care about her use of a slur A woman has been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":90,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}