espawn fires Apex Legends developer for racist and sexist comments made in 2007

Daniel Klein has confirmed his departure on Twitter apologizing for these “horrible and intolerable” messages.

Controversies continue within large companies. The developer Daniel Zenon Klein has been fired from Respawn Entertainment , as he himself confirmed through his Twitter account, after revealing some sexist and racist comments written in 2017, a series of “horrible” messages that he wanted to clarify on networks social networks once he was out of the team in charge of Apex Legends .

Since 2007 I have invested a lot of energy in becoming a better personDaniel klein“You may or may not have seen the horrible and intolerant things that I said in 2007. I totally agree that this guy should be fired . Since then I have invested a lot of energy in becoming a better person. Right now I am very depressed and feel that I will never be able to compensate who I was, “he explains, adding that he wrote such words not because he believed in them, but to provoke a reaction in people. “That doesn’t excuse anything I said; the impact of my words was the same regardless of what I believed.”

Despite not sharing the decision made by EA and Respawn Entertainment, Klein admits that both companies have every right to take these steps. However, the former Apex Legends developer has received the support of Ryan K. Rigney, director of communication at Respawn Entertainment: ” People grow up , I don’t think what [Klein] said in 2007 is a reflection of the person he is. today”.

In Kotaku they collect the statements made by Klein in 2007. In one of them he referred to [women as carriers of “the moronic chromosomes”, while in others he compared Africans to animals in unfortunate words.

This whole affair comes in the middle of the Activision-Blizzard case, which today confirmed the departure of the Diablo 4 director following allegations of harassment .