Man Confronts H&M Employees Over Controversial "World's Coolest Monkey Sweatshirt"
Twitter user @ImReallyOutHere visited a H&M (Hennes & Mauritz AB) store and confronted their employees about the recently featured 'monkey hoodie' which, in their online ad, showed a young black child wearing a green hoodie with the saying "Coolest Monkey In The Jungle" written in large white lettering on the front.
Watch the confrontation below (Caution: strong language/NSFW) -
On their official Twitter account, H&M issued an apology related to the children's hoodie image:
Black celebrities and athletes, such as Diddy, The Weeknd and LeBron James, put their own spin on the issue.
Diddy posted the following on Instagram:
LeBron James' message:
Since the controversy, H&M stocks have fallen drastically: