
The seek for a lacking Titanic-bound submersible has taken the web by storm in the previous couple of days, and officers had beforehand expressed worry of the ship’s oxygen provide operating low whereas carrying 5 passengers. A search group finally confirmed to have noticed particles from the underwater vessel situated close to the Titanic wreckage.
On Thursday, June 22, the U.S. Coast Guard launched an replace confirming all 5 passengers have been tragically killed in a “catastrophic implosion” aboard the submarine.
Among the many passengers of the Titan submersible have been British businessman Hamish Harding, 58, whose stepson, Brian Szasz, has change into a trending subject on social media following the ship’s disappearance.
Who’s Brian Szasz?
Thirty-seven-year-old Brian Szasz — stepson of British billionaire, Hamish Harding — has induced fairly the stir on-line for various causes. Szasz is an audio engineer, and the son of Linda Harding, who’s married to Hamish Harding, one of many 5 passengers on the Titan submersible.
The billionaire’s stepson first went viral after he uploaded a since-deleted photograph of himself at a Blink-182 live performance in San Diego whereas information of his stepfather aboard the lacking underwater vessel was entrance and middle within the information.
Szasz first got here into the highlight after saying he’d be attending a live performance amid information of the lacking submersible.
On June 19, Szasz tweeted, “My stepdad Hamish is on this submarine misplaced at sea. I’m devastated however coming to the San Diego present tonight so that you guys can provide me hope and cheer me up,” he wrote.
He later posted on Fb, “It is perhaps distasteful being right here however my household would need me to be on the Blink-182 present because it’s my favourite band and music helps me in troublesome instances.”
Szasz then tweeted at Tom Delonge, singer and guitarist for Blink-182, “My stepdad is lacking within the sub on the titanic web site. I’m right here on the San Diego present for assist thanks.”
Whereas Szasz’s posts have since been deleted, alongside together with his total Twitter account at his mom’s request, he nonetheless acquired loads of backlash on-line, together with Bronx rapper, Cardi B, for his lack of empathy whereas his stepfather had been reported lacking.
Szasz slammed Cardi B for her feedback.
On Thursday, June 22, the identical day the fates of the 5 passengers was revealed, Szasz posted tales on his Instagram account criticizing Cardi B.
“So, you’re taking a whole b—h like Cardi B, [who] has no concept what is going on on — her profession is in such turmoil she wants clout off different individuals’s struggling. She’s like, ‘He will not go assist, blah blah blah, he goes to a rock live performance, this and that, tries to make use of the scenario to take advantage of, like, the information… They don’t seem to be like feeling sorry that my mother has to deal with two youngsters, not likely giving a f–k that my stepdad… 99% probability that he is useless. Does not care how we really feel,” he stated.
He then blamed Cardi B for the “hate mail” he and his household had been receiving, including, “It is simply f–ked as much as have Cardi B behind it. Cardi B, f–king develop up. Get some class. You are tasteless.”
Cardi B then responded to Szasz’s now deleted tweet.
Brian Szasz deleted his Twitter account after dealing with criticism for publicly flirting with an OnlyFans mannequin.
However Szasz’s response to Cardi B, in addition to attending a live performance, is not the one purpose he is remained within the highlight amid the Titan catastrophe.
On Wednesday, June 21, three days after the submarine was declared lacking, Szasz requested his Twitter followers to hope for his household throughout this hectic time. An hour later, Szasz raised eyebrows when he quote-tweeted a thirst entice from an OnlyFans mannequin that captioned, “am i able to sit on u,” to which he replied, “Sure please!”
Szasz’s Twitter account has since been deleted as results of the backlash.
Web customers name out Szasz, who allegedly threatened to ‘shoot up a live performance and stalked many feminine DJs’.
In her TikTok video, @therealkatherine replied to a remark that drew consideration to Szasz’s previous threats to shoot up a festival, which acquired him despatched to jail for 2 years because of this.
Along with the violent threats, the TikToker found that the 37-year-old was concerned in “stalking and harassing varied ladies” within the rave neighborhood, together with Australian DJ Alison Wonderland, who acquired harmful threats from Szasz after not replying to his tweets. He was finally arrested and charged with “on-line stalking” in June 2021.
Fortunately, these alleged threats of violence have been delivered to fruition. Furthermore, Szasz launched a video assertion on his Instagram story defending his actions amidst the submersible debacle.
Finally, whereas there are lots of methods for individuals to deal with a loss or a traumatic occasion, most would agree that spending an evening out at a live performance whereas a relative is nowhere to be discovered might be not the perfect plan of action to take.
Xiomara Demarchi is a author primarily based in New York masking information and human curiosity matters on YourTango’s editorial group.