Malibu Maxx

Today we meet Lee Markham:

See Lee Markham.

Lee Markham is an influencer.

Lee Markham is a fitness  influencer.

Fitness means he can do lots of physical stuff.

Like stepping on his (we can’t say that on a kid-friendly site, now.)

Wait – this is TAH – it ain’t kid friendly.

Mr. Markham apparently got incensed that people commented negatively about his looks. He publishes under the screen name of Malibu Fit Maxx

“I’ve always got comments about my face and appearance. Some of them were harsh. And to be honest, I didn’t handle it well. I was new to being in the public eye and I didn’t know how to handle the criticism,” he explained.

“Instead of facing that right away, I made a bad decision and put ‘IED Survivor’ in my bio. That was not true and it was wrong. But truly I’m sorry from the bottom of my heart,” he continued.

What’s worse, is that Mr. Markham DID serve. 2005-1010, as he says. He is pretty non-specific about it, merely saying he was “in the military” or referring to “military service” rather than using grown-up words like “Army” or “Marines”. The Sun in the UK says army, but with a lower-case a, so I tend not to credit that report as strictly factual. The Sun

It’d be nice for him to set the record verifiably straight.

“I have always tried to promote positivity and support for others, especially veterans. But I understand that my actions here contradict that. I take full responsibility for it,” he said later in the video, before telling his followers that he hopes to eventually regain their trust. People

Gotta give him some credit for coming out, admitting it, and apologizing. That in itself is more than a huge chunk of Walts and SV folks ever do in their lives.

But –  I find it hard to believe that someone could serve 5 years in any branch and get upset over being called less than handsome? Man, if you’re ugly as a mud fence and make a train take a dirt road – OWN IT. Don’t blame it on some chickenshit’s IED.

Sing along:  “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”  “He ain’t blowed up, he’s just ugly.”

Category: "Teh Stoopid", Stolen Valor