By now, people should realize that the things you say on social media can have adverse effects on your personal life.
One Twitter user who disrespected Steph Curry’s family and called his 3-year-old daughter an anti-gay slur, found that out the hard way after he got fired from his job. But based on his last tweet about the incident, despite losing his job, the guy apparently feels no remorse, and he says he’d do it all over again.
It all started when a Cavaliers Fan named Moe Wahdan, using the Twitter handle @SoftCaramelKiss, sent an offensive tweet to Steph Churry’s sister Sydel on Wednesday (Jun 8) about 12 hours before the start of Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals.
Sydel, who plays volleyball for Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, got her day started by tweeting to her more than 30K followers that she was on a flight headed to Cleveland
Wheels up to Cleveland w. Mama and Granny ?
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 8, 2016
Wahdan (@SoftCaramelKiss) responded to Sydel’s tweet, telling her that she and the rest of the Curry family should “get the f**k out of Cleveland,” and he also made a very obscene remark about Steph Curry’s daughter (Sydel’s niece) Riley.
“You and your whole family get the f**k out of Cleveland and take Riley’s f**got ass with you.”
The tweet has since been deleted, but the screenshot below (via Total Pro Sports) lives on.
Despite Wahden’s disrespectful tweet towards her family, Sydel responded in a very mature manner:
We'll be gone Friday! Bless up https://t.co/MoYnutNj7c
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 8, 2016
While Sydel was on her way to Cleveland with her family, a Twitter fanpage for the Warriors (@warriorsworld) took notice of Sydel’s interaction with Wahden and tweeted this:
More class from Cleveland Fans. https://t.co/SEkJcRmf6a
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) June 8, 2016
From there, Wahden and Sydel’s Twitter interaction eventually made its way to Wahden’s employer, The Holton-Wise Property Group (a real estate company), which responded by immediately firing him. The company said in a later tweet that it “does not condone” the language used by Wahdan in his Tweet and that he had been “terminated” because of it.
Wonder if @HoltonWise knows their apprentice agent is using that word in a public forum? https://t.co/CzRYwIR7bV
— Cheryll Del Rosario (@cheryll) June 8, 2016
Our apologies to all who were a party to this attack @HoltonWise does not condone this & we have terminated him
— HoltonWise (@HoltonWise) June 8, 2016
When Sydel finally touched down in Cleveland and checked her Twitter, she was shocked to learn that the guy who was disrespectful to her family was now without a job.
Just landed…Jeeez what happened?! ? lol
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 8, 2016
lol I see. That's crazy
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 8, 2016
Moe Wahden’s former employee sent the following statement to Complex:
Shortly after Moe made his inappropriate comments Twitter members started tagging The Holton-Wise Property Group twitter account (@HoltonWise). At about the same time this was happening, I was notified via email from multiple people who were offended by his actions.
I immediately investigated what was going on. I also stumbled upon his twitter account that had many tweets and posts that where wildly inappropriate. At Holton-Wise, we expect our employees to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times. The behavior demonstrated by Moe towards the Curry family, as well as the inappropriate content I discovered while investigating what was happening with the Curry family tweets led me to terminate him immediately. We do not condone harassment or hate speech of any kind.
Holton-Wise Property Group also released a public apology to Steph Curry and his family:
Apology for the #Cavs fan who was fired for harassing @sydelcurry & @itsRileyCurry @warriorsworld @BroBible pic.twitter.com/rdK5Vn1A4q
— James Wise (@jameswiseHWPG) June 9, 2016
The story doesn’t end here though.
Sydel had moved on with her life and was talking about other things on Twitter when Wahdan continued to tweet about the incident. He even gave himself credit for Curry’s poor performance in Game 3 that night.
Hahahahahah Abe I made it finally ???
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 8, 2016
bro over like 10 people dead? i'm not mad I'll be in another real estate office by tomorrow?
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 8, 2016
hell no ftb and everyone associated with golden state
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 8, 2016
Bro I threw off currys game all he's thinking about right now is beating my ass ???? https://t.co/PmvBtYvAT9
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
Cleveland can thank me later for throwing off currys game ?
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
After the game ended, Sydel engaged with @SoftCaramelKiss once again, this time asking for a one-on-one conversation, which eventually resulted in Sydel blocking him because he continued to lack chill and never acquired any.
let's have a conversation real quick!
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 9, 2016
Yo ??? she replied to me I'm in love ???????? https://t.co/u0fIHGkBOo
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
we gonna converse or nah?
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 9, 2016
thru the DMs only
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
nah you wanna be all big and bold talking about a 3 year old I have words…
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 9, 2016
Y'all Cali people too soft ? wtf ??????? why y'all let words offend you. Btw tell the unanimous MVP I said good game https://t.co/vyMkFFPUD3
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
1. I'm from NC not Cali 2. You're talking about my niece, blood, an innocent 3 year old. I let it go the 1st time…
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 9, 2016
ITS A FUCKIN JOKE WHY YALL BEIN SOFT SAY SOMETHIN BOUT MY LITTLE BRO IN MY AVI AND IMMA JUST LAUGH ITS NOT DEEP https://t.co/IvTUZxcu7x
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
but we care about our family and don't accept any disrespect. #differences
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 9, 2016
or you can be strong and not let a random nigga on Twitter get under your skin
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
you're talking about my THREE YEAR OLD NIECE! I don't take that
— Sydel Curry-Lee (@SydelCurryLee) June 9, 2016
So baby girl listen if you want I'll show you a good ass time in the city while you still here if not fuck off ok? https://t.co/KaChshsAvj
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/SoftCaramelKiss/status/740755561545879552
@SoftCaramelKiss continued to tweet about the incident throughout the next day and retweeted dozens of messages from supporters. He even tweeted to his “boss” at his “full time job,” letting people know where they can “snitch” and his boss tweeted back.
Yo @nadershouman1 is my boss at my full time job if you wanna snitch go thru him
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
lol don't worry bro I won't fire you for tweeting someone
— NADERSHOUMAN (@nadershouman1) June 9, 2016
He even said in a (now deleted) tweet that, despite losing his other job (he said in an earlier tweet that he would be “in another real estate office by tomorrow”), he would “do it again all over again.”
https://twitter.com/SoftCaramelKiss/status/740951428747923456
https://twitter.com/gamble_anthony/status/740755832338423808
Hey right ?!? I lost my job but they lost the game. Who really lost here ????????????? https://t.co/IUg4TNY18T
— Moe Wahdan (@moe_wahdan) June 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/gamble_anthony/status/740756624302710784
https://twitter.com/SoftCaramelKiss/status/741344931625762816
He may feel safe now… But ol’ buddy better watch out, because he is now on Riley’s radar:
h/t: Complex, Fox Sports