HBO CEO Casey Bloys finally admitted that he was using X troll accounts to respond to negative reviews.
Casey Bloys, President of Programming of HBO, speaks onstage at HBO Max WarnerMedia Investor Day Presentation at Warner Bros. Studios on October 29, 2019, in Burbank, California.
Bloys, who is also the chief executive officer of Max (formerly known as HBO Max), confirmed this habit of his on Thursday, Nov. 2.
Of course, he apologized to TV critics for using fake X accounts to retaliate against their criticisms.
HBO CEO Admits Using X Troll Accounts To Respond To Negative Reviews
According to NBC News' latest report, the HBO CEO shared his bad habit during a presentation at HBO's New York headquarters.
"For those of you who know me, you know that I am a programming executive very, very passionate about the shows that we decide to do. And the people who do them and the people who work on them," said Bloys.
He added that he always wants the shows to be great and to be loved by people since these shows are very important to him. Casey explained that although he was passionate about his career, he also experienced stress.
Because of this, Casey said that he came up with a "very, very dumb idea" to vent out his frustrations.
"Obviously, six tweets over a year and a half is not very effective. But I do apologize to the people who were mentioned in the leaked emails, and texts," said the streaming platform official via Variety.
"Obviously, nobody wants to be part of a story that they have nothing to do with. But also, as many of you know, I have progressed over the past couple of years," added Casey.
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HBO CEO Claims He's a Changed Man
Casey Bloys, Chairman & CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content speaks onstage during Vox Media's 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023, in Dana Point, California.
Casey said that his habit of using fake X troll accounts in 2020 and 2021 (when X was still called Twitter) wasn't appropriate.
Because of this, the HBO CEO said that he decided to change this habit and use his legitimate X account to respond to TV critics and unhappy viewers directly.
Bloys said that when he sees a negative review about a show on HBO, he will DM these critics to discuss the issue.
He added that he's happy since many of HBO's watchers are gracious enough to engage with him in a back-and-forth conversation.
Casey further stated that directly conversing with critics is a healthier habit than using fake X accounts to troll them.
The latest remarks of Casey Bloys come after a detailed story about the recent lawsuit brought against him and HBO was published by Rolling Stone magazine.
In this interview, Bloys said that he and SVP of drama programming Kathleen McCaffrey were discussing in 2021 about responding to critics who negatively spoke about the streaming platform.
Based on the leaked text messages, Bloys and McCaffrey were planning to use fake Twitter accounts to troll "Perry Mason," "Mare of Easttown," and other TV critics.
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