Kevin Kelley, owner of True Kitchen + Kocktails, tells TMZ that his anti-twerking speech has had a positive impact on his eatery. The Grio previously reported Kelley was filmed yelling at Black female patrons who were twerking and dancing on the furniture. In the clip, he makes clear that he is running a restaurant, not a club.
‘We’ve received an outpouring of support that we did not anticipate online and in person.’The Dallas restaurant owner who went viral for cursing out his customers over a twerking incident says business is booming.
Kelley caught major heat across social media from users who condemned his tone and questioned his appreciation of Black women. He also had plenty of sympathizers who thought his actions were justified. He responded to the critics and outrage in a lengthy message posted to Instagram. After the initial social media backlash, Kelley says his business has been inundated with dine-in requests.
But the initial online reaction by some who claimed that Kelly was practicing "misogynoir", "respectability politics", or unduly attacking Black women was not something backed up by the facts. I would be angry too if I had to repeatedly tell the same people to stop misbehaving in my home or business. And there's nothing wrong with that. There's a time and place for everything. I'm sure there are other restaurants and clubs that are looking for women to climb on the furniture and shake their behinds. Kelly doesn't want his restaurant to be such a place. That Kelly's business has improved since the video demonstrates that the twitter mobs are not as important or as numerous as they would have us believe.
Some people lack home training. So they can't distinguish bad behavior from good. And they get upset when someone else, no doubt frustrated, takes the time to correct them. But they will get corrected eventually. Count on it. LINK