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Snapchat chief executive Evan Spiegel apologises for misogynistic e-mails | Snapchat chief executive Evan Spiegel apologises for misogynistic e-mails |
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Snapchat's chief executive and co-founder, Evan Spiegel, has apologised for his "idiotic" behaviour after a series of misogynistic university e-mails with references to oral sex, drug use and peeing on women were leaked online. | Snapchat's chief executive and co-founder, Evan Spiegel, has apologised for his "idiotic" behaviour after a series of misogynistic university e-mails with references to oral sex, drug use and peeing on women were leaked online. |
In the messages, obtained by Gawker's Valleywag blog, Spiegel described female students as "sororisluts" and discussed plans to buy marijuana and "roll a blunt for whoever sees the most tits tonight". | |
In one e-mail, he told a fellow student: "Hope at least six girl [sic] sucked your d**k last night cuz that didn’t happen for me." | In one e-mail, he told a fellow student: "Hope at least six girl [sic] sucked your d**k last night cuz that didn’t happen for me." |
In a separate exchange, he wrote: "Did I just pee on Lily while assuming the big spoon position? The back of her shirt is soaked. She's going to be super irritated. This is pretty gross." | |
Spiegel also made references to alcohol, cocaine, hot b****s and drunk sex. He sent the e-mails to fellow members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Stanford University in California before he dropped out to develop his Snapchat app. | |
In a statement, Spiegel, the son of affluent lawyers, said he was "mortified" and "embarrassed" that his "idiotic" conversations were made public, adding the e-mails “in no way” reflect how he views women today. | |
Spiegel made headlines last year when he rejected a Facebook takeover offer of $3.2 billion (£1.9 billion) for his photo-sharing app. Snapchat allows users to send pictures to friends that can only be viewed for a set period of time. |
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