‘I am not the person that the media portrays me to be in real life, I was trolling and posting things to get a reaction from the subs on reddit and never meant any of the hateful things I said in those posts. ‘I am in no way this kind of person, I love and accept people of all walks of life and have done so for my entire life,’ he wrote. The Reddit user issued a long apology, which many online claimed was ‘extorted’ out of him in exchange for not being outed. In the interview, CNN claimed HanAssholeSolo sounded nervous about his identity being revealed and asked to not be named out of fear for his personal safety and for the public embarrassment it would bring to him and his family. When CNN identified the man behind HanAssholeSolo, they exposed racist, homphobic and anti-Semitic posts on the website. It showed Trump tackling a wrestler with CNN’s logo imposed on his face. Originally from Reddit, HanAssholeSolo took credit for inspiring the tweet. The US president tweeted a gif that showed Trump tackling CNN. Some Republicans believe CNN tried to blackmail a ‘gay 15-year-old’ over a wrestling Donald Trump gif.īut it turns out it’s them who are sharing ‘fake news’, as the guy is married to a woman and in his 30s.
