01 MAR

Uber CEO Kalanick apologizes after filmed dustup with driver goes viral

Uber is already under suspicion of fostering a culture of sexual harassment, and the ride-hailing service appears worried about losing customers. But things just got a bit more toxic. An Uber driver released dashcam footage to Bloomberg News of him and his rider, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, in a heated argument about mileage prices.

The exchange, recorded by the driver named Fawzi Kamel, ended ugly after the driver accused Kalanick of reducing rates to the point of Kamel saying he went bankrupt.

“Bullshit,” the CEO of the $ 69 billion company is overheard saying on the video that was recorded Super Bowl Sunday in San Francisco.

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