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Casey Bloys, the CEO of HBO, has apologized for using fake social-media profiles to respond to negative reviews of the network\u2019s series.<\/p>\n

Bloys spoke out Thursday after a report from\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0exposed his past behavior on Twitter the day before.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor those of you who know me, you know that I am a programming executive, very, very passionate about the shows that we decided to do, and the people who do them and the people who work on them, I want the shows to be great,\u201d Bloys said at a presentation of the network\u2019s 2024 content calendar, according to the Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when you think of that mindset, and then think of 2020 and 2021, I\u2019m home working from home, spending an unhealthy amount of time scrolling through Twitter. And I came up with a very, very dumb idea to vent my frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cObviously, 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, 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 to using DMs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo now, when I take issue with something in a review or take issue with something I see, many of you are gracious enough to engage with me in a back-and-forth, and I think that is a probably a much healthier way to go about this,\u201d Bloys added.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ll talk more about that, and you guys can ask me anything you want in the Q&A. I just wanted to put that out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The HBO head\u2019s remarks follow Rolling Stone\u2018s report detailing a lawsuit brought against the executive and HBO by former employee Sully Temori, who claims to have been wrongfully terminated.<\/p>\n

The outlet referenced several alleged texts from 2020 and 2021 between Bloys and HBO\u2019s senior vice president of drama programming, Kathleen McCaffrey.<\/p>\n

In the alleged messages, Bloys and McCaffrey repeatedly discussed replying to critics who spoke negatively about HBO series, including \u201cPerry Mason\u201d and \u201cMare of Easttown,\u201d by using fake accounts on Twitter, now known as X.<\/p>\n

The alleged texts, provided by Temori, were reportedly reviewed and verified via metadata.<\/p>\n

Temori alleges that he was told to make an account for these purposes, and gave the profile a fake name of Kelly Shepard and an identity as a vegan mom from Texas.<\/p>\n

He further went on to respond to critics of HBO shows on the platform.<\/p>\n

In a statement, HBO, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery
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\n did not deny the social-media controversy and said it plans to defend itself in Temori\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cHBO intends to vigorously defend against Mr. Temori\u2019s allegations,\u201d a spokesperson told the outlet. \u201cWe are not going to comment on select exchanges between programmers and errant tweets.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to a full and fair resolution of this dispute. In the meantime,\u00a0we wish Mr. Temori, a former HBO employee, well in his future endeavors,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

A version of this report appeared at NYPost.com.<\/p>\n

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