[TW: rape] "Beef" star, David Choe, describes raping a Black woman in now-deleted viral video

[varioussaints]

Twitter removed a viral video of BEEF actor David Choe seemingly describing a graphic rape because he filed a copyright claim. His co-stars and friends have not yet commented, nor have producers, Netflix, or A24. BEEF is the No. 2 show on Netflix right nowhttps://t.co/YcDtWdx1kQ
- kelsey weekman (@kelsaywhat) April 17, 2023
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[ginainabottle]

I'm watching episode 9 rn, what an AMAZING show.

Also, this is most definitely not the hill I'm willing to die on but the claim that "Steven and Ali knew" as a fact makes no sense to me. Idk about y'all but I don't keep track of all the shit my friends do and it's pretty common that a friend won't fully know all your sides. I think it's 100% believable that Ali and Steven didn't know about that story, and blaming them does jack shit about holding David accountable. Fire him instead of demonizing the other two (who could very well be assholes as well, I'm not arguing that, just saying it's not really the point here).

[drblind]

agreed -- weird to assume they would know, but also they need to denounce him at this particular juncture instead of just ignoring it. normalize holding your disgusting friends accountable and cutting them off when necessary (it feels necessary in this moment)

[ginainabottle]

Exactly, I expect them to call out his bullshit but I'm not here for people treating them as "enablers" or something. Let's focus on the real problem here, which (for now at least) is David.

[mayjailer]

damn, you are such a disappointment in this post

[mizzyoung]

The fact that they haven't said anything yet at this point is questionable at best

[mayjailer]

weird to assume they'd know about a controversial story told on a podcast in 2014? give me a break lol.

[howlin_wolf_66]

Well, I'M only just finding out about it now - why would you assume they aren't?

If you want them to know in 2014, then it should have been NEWS in 2014, instead of making the news today.

[mayjailer]

you are not doing what you think you are in this post. there's a difference between you and i learning about this and his celebrity friends, who surely knew he was getting heat for telling this story on a podcast a decade ago.

[howlin_wolf_66]

Unless you have receipts - which you DON'T, or they would be here - you cannot be throwing around words like "surely"!

If you had said it's far-fetched that they didn't know, I would be agreeing with you ... but far fetched is not the same as 'impossible'.

Since you seem to know what 'I think I'm doing', making assumptions about people you don't know appears to be an unfortunate habit of yours, so it's no surprise you rush to judgement. :-)

[mayjailer]

weirdo

[howlin_wolf_66]

Back atcha. :-)

[srslyy]

I agree, they probably didn’t know. I’d say fire him but given the plot it is highly doubtful he would be in any additional seasons anyway

[quiddative]

I'm willing to believe they didn't know but like you said, now that it's out there, they need to hold him accountable.

[mizzyoung]

This is where I gotta pause because this wasn't some secret. David talked about this on his own podcast which was public. So if my friend was bragging about SA-ing someone on a show even as a "joke" I'd separate myself from them and surely would not hire him for my show so 🤷🏾

As a Steven stan, I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I truly cannot (and will not) even if he does say anything about this.

[frickinawesome7]

[mizzyoung]

This shit has been around since 2018 and David has a post talking about this on his Instagram from a while back. This is not private knowledge.

Even if it was, the fact that Steven has yet to say something as the executive producer of this show and close friend of this pos has me side-eying him. If he just found out about this, then he should've said something asap instead of letting this fester.

Give me a break.