(WWJ) -- The husband of an Auburn Hills, Michigan boutique owner is offering a tearful apology after he apparently inadvertently sent an email to a job applicant insulting her looks.
Gracie Lorincz posted a video to TikTok on Wednesday showing an email she received from Chuck DeGrendel, Vice President of Ava Lane Boutique, near Lapeer Road and I-75 in Auburn Hills.
Lorincz, in the now-viral video, explains she had applied for a job as a brand representative for the boutique and later received an email from DeGrendel that said:
“This girl is fresh out of college (Hope College) and not that cute. She applied to the sales model position. Are you sure you want me to interview her?”
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After revealing the email with the app’s “green screen” feature, Lorincz says “not that cute. Not that cute. Ok.”
The video has now amassed more than one million views and had accumulated more than 170,000 likes, as of Thursday evening.
DeGrendel, meanwhile, has taken to social media to offer an apology, saying “I can only imagine how awful she would feel.”
“I’m really, really sorry I said that. It was wrong to say on many levels. I don’t know why I said that, but I did,” DeGrendel said in the video.
In a separate Facebook post, DeGrendel says he will no longer handle hiring at the boutique and the couple say they are now receiving threats.
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