“There is no excuse for what I did,” El Hotzo said.
Sebastian Hotz, aka El Hotzo, spoke out about his behavior towards women on social media on Sunday, December 15th. The purpose: He wants to apologize.
Love bombing, gasligthing and manipulation
The 28-year-old is known for commenting on everyday situations and social developments with a wink or with a critical and comical tone on social media. But he now struck a different tone with a series of posts on X. He began his remarks by saying that he wanted to “briefly comment on the allegations.” In this context, he left it open exactly what allegations were meant. However, there is speculation on the Internet that he is referring to a post from an ex-girlfriend who wrote about negative relationship experiences, but his name has not yet been mentioned.
Hotz’s statement continued: “I have been repeatedly unfaithful in relationships in recent years and have subsequently covered up my actions in increasingly complicated lies and discredited the credibility of my (ex-)partners,” said the influencer, who also works as a podcaster. Hotz also admitted in the posting that he had “exploited his image as a reflective media man” and allowed himself to engage in misconduct such as love bombing, gaslighting and manipulation. He hurt a lot of people a lot with that, Hotz said on X.
Afterwards, Hotz explained that although he was often given new opportunities, his behavior remained the same despite vowing to change: “There is no excuse for what I did.”
About nonsense and responsibilities
“I convinced myself for a long time that there were good reasons for this or that lie,” says El Hotzo, “and that I didn’t mean any of it in a bad way, but of course that’s nonsense.”
In the final paragraph of the tweet series, Hotz apologized and said that he was an adult and was responsible for his own actions. At the end of the post he formally signed not his stage name El Hotzo, but simply his first name Sebastian.
El Hotzo on X:
Reactions to his statement
El Hotzo’s public statement probably angered much of the social media community. What seemed to annoy many of the users: El Hotzo did not publish his statement as a post on his account, but as a comment under the post of another account. This makes the statement harder to find and not directly visible on its page. A user commented: “I just don’t understand why the statement appears in the printouts of a random account instead of being visible on your account. To me, it doesn’t seem like you’re taking responsibility for your own mistakes, but more like you’re hoping that as few people as possible notice something. it’s a shame.”
Another user commented: “You are a disgusting bum. I knew something was wrong with you from the start. was right. cool. nasty for all the women you have broken forever. disgusting.” Comments like these are becoming more and more common.
His management has now confirmed the authenticity of the series of tweets to “Spiegel”, but does not want to comment on any further details for the time being.