A Wedding Photographer Ate The Food, Then The Internet Ate Him

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter , or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. The apology was formal, complete, and by all accounts, correct. A wedding photographer known on Threads as akuhavoc_ posted a public statement on Monday (20 July) admitting he had taken food at a client’s wedding reception — the marriage of Haziq and Safia on Sunday (19 July) — without invitation or permission. He acknowledged it was wrong, and confirmed he had paid compensation as requested by the couple. He did not name them, and asked that the incident serve as a reminder to all photographers and videographers to maintain professionalism on the job. He did everything right. Then he posted a promotional video. View on Threads The Video Was Scheduled, The Timing Was Not The video went up during the same window the apology was still trending. akuhavoc_ says it was a scheduled post — he publishes content daily between 2–4 pm and 8–10 pm, and the timing was coincidental. He took it down when he realised the optics; he acknowledged the mistake, and the explanation is reasonable. The sequence, however, looked like this: apology. compensation. promo video. In that order, on the same day. The comments did not find it reasonable. “Nampak mcm marketing je,” wrote one user — looks like marketing to me — “Bila kau up pasal bayaran 500, issue tgh hangat, mintak maaf bagai, then tetiba post promote video — dia mcm kau tak betul-betul take action pun.” (When you post about the RM500 payment while the issue is still hot, apologise and all, then suddenly put up a promo video — it looks like you’re not really taking any of this seriously.) He Trained His Audience Not to Believe Him, Then Had Something Real Happen The second problem was older than the video. Multiple commenters noted that akuhavoc_ had a prior history of ragebait content — posts engineered for outrage and engagement. One commenter put it plainly: “Boy that cried wolf.” When a genuine incident finally happened, his audience had already been trained not to believe him. He acknowledged this too. “ Maybe before this selalu buat ragebait ,” he wrote. “ Once benda real jadi orang tak caye .” — an admission, in his own words, that he had spent long enough manufacturing outrage that genuine outrage now looked identical to the manufactured kind. That sentence is, in its way, the most honest thing in the entire thread. The Third Problem Belonged to Everyone Else The third problem was not his fault at all. By Tuesday (21 July), akuhavoc_ confirmed the original post had been taken down as promised. He repeated that the apology was genuine, not a sympathy play, not ragebait, and he would learn from it. “Kita serah pada Allah,” he wrote. “Dia yang mengetahui perkara sebenar.” We leave it to God; He knows the truth of what happened. It is the only answer left when the comments section has already decided it knows the truth too. View on Threads Share your thoughts with us via TRP’s Facebook , Twitter , Instagram , or Threads .