Tennessee CEO Fired After Mocking Teen Boy Who Wore Dress to Prom
Sam Johnson, former CEO of VisuWell, can be seen telling the teen you look like an idiot in the viral video. April 28 2021 3:53 PM EDT
After a video of a middle-aged man harassing a teen who decided to wear a dress to prom went viral, the man, identified as VisuWell CEO Sam Johnson, has been fired.
The video was filmed Saturday in Franklin, Tenn., when a man started harassing high school senior Dalton Stevens, who was dressed in a beautiful red gown for his senior prom, according to Nashville TV station WKRN. The video was filmed by his boyfriend, Jacob Geittman.
when a man, later identified as Sam Johnson, came up to the couple and ridiculed Stevens for wearing a dress to the formal event.
Stevens, a senior at Franklin High School, views clothing as genderless, but he said Johnson was telling him you look bad and you re not a man simply because he was wearing a floor-length red gown. I was very confident, said Stevens. I knew that I felt beautiful, and I felt great.
The video below shows the man following the teen as he attempts to walk away. Warning: the video contains language that may offend some viewers.
The former CEO of telemedicine company VisuWell is out of a job due to remarks he made at a Tennessee high school prom. Dalton Stevens, 18, was with his boyfriend Jacob Geitmann,.