On Monday NTV news anchor Dann Mwangi faced a harsh troll on social media after the journalist was caught brushing his shoulders off after an animation of Ethiopia plane crush.
Viewers interpreted that the gesture was meant to have made fun of the Ethiopian plane crash that led to the death of 157 people.
This forced Mwangi to apologize.
“I would never intentionally trivialize death or even injury; it is simply not my person, heart or intention,” he stated on his Twitter page.
“I offer my unreserved apology to all the families, friends and all others I unintentionally offended,” he added.
The offensive incident happened as the news anchor was narrating how the crash happened using animated graphics.
When he got to the explosion part, Mwangi made a gesture as if trying to ward off the smoke from the supposed wreckage.
The video went viral on social media and Kenyans did not take it lightly, calling out the journalist for inappropriately making fun of such an incident.
In a letter posted on twitter, the journalist apologized for his actions.
“I acknowledge that in our skew towards the graphics/simulation while trying to paint a fairly tangible picture, it came across as something else, the line was crossed, regrettably,” he noted.