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Beauty Tycoon Forced To Retire For Posting 'Racist' Chingy COVID-19 Meme

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“Don’t hit send” is a phrase Stephen A. Smith commonly blurts out on the ESPN airwaves when he comes across an athlete making a mistake with something they said on social media.

The same thinking can be applied to Estée Lauder senior executive John Demsey, who was axed from his position for posting a racially insensitive Sesame Street meme surrounding a Chingy concert and COVID-19 for a cocktail of disaster to his Instagram page earlier in February.

The meme in question is from an edited Sesame Street children’s book featuring Big Bird with a mask on talking about Mr. Snuffleupagus, “My n-gga Snuffy done got the ‘rona at a Chingy concert.” The bizarre post was made by Demsey last week and then deleted before issuing an apology on Sunday (February 26).

“I am terribly sorry and deeply ashamed that I hurt so many people when I made the horrible mistake of carelessly reposting a racist meme without reading it beforehand,” he wrote. “There are not enough words to express me remorse and sorrow.”

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A screenshot has lived on putting the millionaire beauty tycoon on blast and since gone viral on Monday (February 28) with some fans left speechless at the entire situation.

According to The New York Times, a filing from Estée Lauder revealed that Demsey was forced to leave the company and will be retiring effective March 4 rather than fired for his actions.

“This decision is the result of his recent Instagram posts, which do not reflect the values of The Estée Lauder Companies, have caused widespread offense, are damaging to our efforts to drive inclusivity both inside and outside our walls, and do not reflect the judgment we expect of our leaders,” the company said in a memo.

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