Supreme has relased a statement on their
Facebook page. Since its TL;DR here's the summary:
-Morrisey was approached by Supreme over summer 2015 to be the face of this year's T-shirt/poster campaign
-Everything was explained to him down to the last detail, Morrisey agreed and the contract was signed and got his check.
-They made the photoshoot with Terry Richardson (ugh), and Morrisey was told he could do and pose as he want, as well as choose the final image.
-Morrisey then decides he doesn't like any pictures and sends them a selfie, which was made public on his nephew's Instagram and has since been deleted.
-Supreme asks his money back but Morrisey refuses to work with them because they made a collab with White Castle last year and he's a vegan, so he decided to drop out of the project.
-Supreme is asking their money back, but never got it.
-Supreme has gone ahead and produced the campaign regardless of what Morrisey says.
-Morrisey is threatening to sue.
Morrisey's statement
I apologize enormously for the enfeebled photograph of me issued this week by Supreme. The shot was taken in October 2015. I considered the photograph to be fit only for a medical encyclopedia and I pleaded with Supreme not to use it. This was before I learned that Supreme were sponsored in part by the beef sandwich pharaoh known as White Castle. Supreme were issued with a legal caution not to use the photograph and their fee would be returned. Evidently Supreme have ignored my lawyer. No safety within the corridors of law. Ugh.
I offer excessive apologies for this association. Shame is indeed the name.
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