Anytime Fitness’ outlet at Tanjong Pagar faced controversy and intense backlash after they posted an Instagram story with a racial slur (ie. using of the N-word) on their page.
The Instagram story that they posted showed images of the gym, along with the controversial caption, “Let’s gooo.!!!!! Im back n***a..!”
The story was live on their Instagram page for more than 6 hours before it was deleted, and screenshots of their IG post have seen gone viral online.
Anytime Fitness later posted a follow-up story on their page, apologizing for the caption and usage of the racial slur.
They said they have taken action “internally” against the staff member who had originally posted the story with the said caption.
They said “please accept our sincere apologies for the previous post. We have taken action internally with the staff member who put up the post. We are sorry.”
They also posted a photo of the words “We Are Sorry” onto their Instagram page, @anytimefitnesstanjongpagar as a post, captioning it:
“Dear members and public,
A story post was posted yesterday by one of our part-time staff member. It contained racial slurs. We admit that it is very inappropriate and disrespectful. Please accept our sincere apologies as we take steps to improve ourselves moving forward.”
