Chef who went viral for confrontation with influencer breaks silence

Chef Luke Sung breaks his silence after a Tiktok -creator accused him of introducing an alleged aggressive confrontation At Little Cafe.

The food influx, which is known by her @itskarlabb Handle, went viral on the social media platform to document her alleged aggressive confrontation with the former co -owner, which she claimed was dissatisfied with the fact that she had only 15,000 followers at that time.

Less than a week after the incident, Karla – originally alleged Tiktok That her interaction with the chef became hostile, despite her expressed excitement over their collapse-ficked a public apology from Luke, who shared an Instagram statement about the now closed restaurant’s account.

“Luke Sung asked us to publish this on his behalf because he has no public social media pages. However, he is no longer connected to the restaurant in any way or a co -owner,” the postal text for the post, loaded up to Little Cafe’s InstagramReads.

“Hello everyone- I am Luke Sung (former chef at Kis Cafe). It was important for me to first apologize to Karla privately and go away from Kis Cafe before I publicly apologize,” the post started.

“Karla – I’m really sorry for my actions towards you. I was patronizing, hurtful and scary. You didn’t deserve to feel less than or insignificant, no one does. Regardless, I thank you for taught me a valuable lesson in kindness and respect,” said the statement.

“There are no excuses to do, and I have decided that it is time for me to go away from Kis Cafe permanently and in all capacities,” he finished one in four.

In the second picture in the public statement, Luke said he wants to “be clear” that “responsibility for this whole situation” was his lonely and that his behavior “would not be a reflection on someone else who works there” or “someone who is related” with him.

He added, “I really care about my staff and am destroyed that my actions have affected both them and their families. I have worked with many of the employees at the restaurant for several years and they are incredible people who do not deserve to suffer because of my behavior.”

Finally, Luke said that the last person he wanted to apologize was his daughter, Isabelle.

“I’m sorry that I put you in this position and be ashamed that you have to be the one who owns my mistake,” he wrote in picture three. “All I have ever wanted to do is give you the opportunity to create a better life for yourself than what I grew up with, and I have failed with you in the worst way.”

“I came to this country to give all my children the best chance to work hard on their goals, and now I have not given the public nothing but a reason to demolish them for my actions,” he continued.

In the fourth and final picture, Luke apologized to the rest of his family and everyone involved.

“I’m sorry for not respecting all your efforts and hard work to build your careers,” he wrote. “To Karla, my children and everyone else in the hospitality industry, I hope you will accept my apology and thank you for taking the time to listen to me.”

Karla uploaded her NU-Viral Tiktok video, which talked about the events on Wednesday, July 23. The clip has 21.4 million views so far and the influencer (whose account had 15,000 at that time) has since then up 382.5,000 followers.

In the first clip, Karla started recording herself after she said she “just left a restaurant collaboration crying.”

“He does not have it and says to the host that he should not have invited me and that this was a mistake and that this was bad,” she continued with reference to their discussion about her followers and noted that they still did not address her even though she spoke loudly in the cramped space.

When she finally made an introduction with the chef, Karla claimed that their interaction became hostile fast.

“He says:” Have you done any research at this restaurant? Do you know what we are doing? Do you know who we are? ‘”Karla recalled in the clip. Although the wine bar is still “really new”, she told the chef what she could find out before the visit.

After claiming Karla accused of failing to examine the wine bar carefully, she said he looked up at Tiktok and looked at one of her content in “full volume” in the wine bar.

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She claimed that he then told her that her videos are not “at the level he wants his restaurant to be represented,” Karla said in his post and also noted that he told her that her audience and followers “are not the kind of people who will be at his restaurant.”

Karla did not name the man or restaurant in their first video, although Tiktok users were quick to put together the pieces. KIS Cafe release later one’s own statement On their Instagram in the wake of the event.

“Our chef’s behavior was unacceptable and he is no longer part of the team as a co -owner, a chef or in any other way. From this post he (Luke) has reached the creator with a personal apology,” Kis Cafe’s post started partly and adds, “That behavior does not reflect the rest of our team.”

The statement on behalf of the restaurant also adds a “update” to the caption, which makes it clear that Luke “was not fired from the team” when he “left by himself.”

Meanwhile, Karla published a follow-up of Tiktok video, which now has over 5.4 million views and half a million likes. Her first video also caught the attention of some major influencers, such as Alex Cooper and Trisha Paytas, who shared support words.