Apple 's vice president of procurement , Tony Blevins , is no longer part of the company's workforce, having left after a TikTok video showed him making a lewd comment about women at a car show.
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An Apple spokesperson confirmed the departure to CNBC, saying: " Tony is leaving Apple ."
The departure from the company is the result of a TikTok video, which has even gone viral, posted on September 5, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news.
In the video, reviewed by CNBC, Blevins gets out of an expensive Mercedes-Benz and is asked what he does for a living by Daniel Mac, who has a channel focused on asking people with expensive cars questions.
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In the video, Blevins responds: “I race cars, play golf and fondle big-breasted women. But I take weekends and long holidays off.” His comment appears to be a reference to a similar quote in the movie “Arthur.”
The video, which has garnered over 40,000 likes on Instagram and 1.3 million views on TikTok, was discovered by some employees in Apple's business and procurement teams, which Blevins led as vice president.
Employees reported the video to Apple's human resources department, which then launched an investigation. The video also spread to employees and some of Apple's major suppliers
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Blevins was a vice president at Apple, a very senior role that reports to top executives. His main role was negotiating with suppliers to keep the price Apple pays for components low, according to a Wall Street Journal profile of Blevins from 2020.
