“I told I was NOT comfortable with him using me as a prop for this post and instead of deleting the post, he deleted my comment,” he said in his Instagram Story on Thursday. “DO NOT use me to further your social media gains and to get likes, DO NOT use this movement of #blacklivesmatter because it’s a trending # for you.”ĭyke says that Birtwistle later deleted his comment instead of taking the photo down. He is referring to Birtwistle sharing a post on racism by their other “Too Hot To Handle” co-star Sharron Townsend, who is also black, to his Instagram story. He continued, “I call you and message you to find out why you did this, and you dismissed me by calling me ‘PETTY’ pretending to not understand where I am coming from, saying because you’ve shared photo means you are on my side ?” You read and ignore that message, but then post a photo with me ( without having prior asked for my permission) like some POSTER Boy claiming you stand with me?” he commented on the photo.
“Side by side? When I’ve asked you to share a video speaking out against Injustie (sic) and Racism. He went on to discuss police brutality and the killing of George Floyd.īut Dyke called Birtwistle out for being disingenuine with his post. I stand with you, side by side against racism,” he captioned the post on Wednesday. “Too Hot To Handle” star Kelechi “Kelz” Dyke blasted his former Netflix co-star David Birtwistle for using him as a “prop” to get attention.īirtwistle, 28, posted a photo alongside 27-year-old Dyke, who is black, with their other co-star Bryce Hirschberg with a caption supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.
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