Regardless of retaining his id a secret for a few years, X consumer Chris Excel has grow to be an web celeb due to his troll-worthy account. The catfish persona can also be extensively identified for utilizing an unauthorised picture of influencer Bianca Coster as his profile image.
Nonetheless, after virtually 5 years of trending on the app, Chris has been threatened with authorized motion. He has since modified his profile image.
X TROLL WARNED OF CRIMINAL CHARGES
Chris Excel is extensively identified for his controversial opinions with regards to ladies, politics, and race. The X troll has typically crossed the road with defamatory statements about everybody from Makhadzi to US President Donald Trump.
Nonetheless, the catfish account has been warned that he may face legal prices from influencer Biana Coster over unlawfully utilizing her pictures.
Authorized skilled Ulrich Roux instructed eNCA: “It is a type of cyberbullying; it’s an infringement of the Cyber Crimes Act, and it’s additionally a type of harassment. She is nicely inside her rights to acquire interdictory reduction towards each X and Chris Excel.
He added of the secretive social media persona: “Whereas that’s simpler mentioned than accomplished, because the id of Chris Excel is unknown, one can acquire specialists or forensic specialists to acquire the IP addresses and areas from which he runs the account. As soon as that’s accomplished, one can acquire interdictory reduction within the excessive court docket.”
WHO IS CHRIS EXCEL?
Whereas there have been some rumours about Chris Excel’s attainable id, these are the details.
He considers himself the “President of Black Twitter” [now X]
In line with the unofficial official Twitter [now X] awards, Chris Excel was voted “President of Black Twitter” by South African tweeps in 2021.
In his “acceptance speech”, the influencer – who makes use of the deal with @ChrisExcel102 – thanked his followers for the vote of confidence. He additionally promised to “get up” for unusual tweeps, no matter their following.
He’s a self-confessed catfish
In line with Chris Excel’s Twitter biography, he’s the “solely authorized catfish” in Mzansi.
Chris Excel doesn’t use his actual identify or an actual photograph on his Twitter account. For those who’re questioning who the lady in his profile image is, it’s influencer Bianca Coster.
The College of Johannesburg pupil claims she is conscious that Chris Excel is utilizing her image however has tried “unsuccessfully” to report him to the positioning’s authorities.
He loves a very good celeb feud
Chris Excel has confronted the most important celebrities in Mzansi, together with Bonang, Pearl Thusi, Cassper Nyovest, and AKA.
He’s additionally been blocked by X customers all over the world, together with native celebrities and even politicians and preachers, like TD Jakes.
Trending for all of the flawed causes
With “fame” comes criticism, and whereas Chris Excel stands for the “underdog,” he’s additionally thought-about a cyberbully.
In 2022, Chris was condemned for “contributing” to the social media onslaught which allegedly led veteran actor Patrick Shai to take his personal life.
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